The Quarterly Review, Volumes 291-292John Murray, 1953 - English literature |
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Page 362
... land must be arrested even if it costs more to build houses on poorer and less accessible land . At the same time there are millions of acres of poor and marginal land which could be farmed but which it does not at present pay to work ...
... land must be arrested even if it costs more to build houses on poorer and less accessible land . At the same time there are millions of acres of poor and marginal land which could be farmed but which it does not at present pay to work ...
Page 363
... land may well make excessively high profits and have no very strong incentive to farm the land as well as they can . Mr Stanley Evans , for instance , is fond of saying that some farmers are ' featherbedded ' even with prices as they ...
... land may well make excessively high profits and have no very strong incentive to farm the land as well as they can . Mr Stanley Evans , for instance , is fond of saying that some farmers are ' featherbedded ' even with prices as they ...
Page 371
... land was no longer held freehold ' at all , but subject to the payment of the charge . Instead of being a freeholder the land- holder would hold a ' tenant - right , ' as under the Evesham Custom , and pay a ' quit - rent ' or ' chief ...
... land was no longer held freehold ' at all , but subject to the payment of the charge . Instead of being a freeholder the land- holder would hold a ' tenant - right , ' as under the Evesham Custom , and pay a ' quit - rent ' or ' chief ...
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