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... farmer is now threatened with a new and very formidable competition from the United States . He will be called upon ... farmers work in the Western States . It is probable that holdings may tend to diminish within limits which can ...
... farmer is now threatened with a new and very formidable competition from the United States . He will be called upon ... farmers work in the Western States . It is probable that holdings may tend to diminish within limits which can ...
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... farmers have been contending with adverse seasons . Consumers generally have shared in the mis- fortunes of the agricultural interest . During three years of bad harvests we paid , according to Mr. Caird , 160,000,000l . more than in ...
... farmers have been contending with adverse seasons . Consumers generally have shared in the mis- fortunes of the agricultural interest . During three years of bad harvests we paid , according to Mr. Caird , 160,000,000l . more than in ...
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... farmer has found , says the ' Economist , ' that the cost of conveying his grain to London absorbs nearly the whole of the price obtained here . Hence the import of wheat and flour has diminished about 22 per cent . , while the price ...
... farmer has found , says the ' Economist , ' that the cost of conveying his grain to London absorbs nearly the whole of the price obtained here . Hence the import of wheat and flour has diminished about 22 per cent . , while the price ...
Page 109
... farmer . The importance of the cattle trade is shown in the subjoined extract from the Statist : ' Since the repeal of the Corn Laws the farmers have been more and more giving up the cultivation of wheat and concentrating their efforts ...
... farmer . The importance of the cattle trade is shown in the subjoined extract from the Statist : ' Since the repeal of the Corn Laws the farmers have been more and more giving up the cultivation of wheat and concentrating their efforts ...
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... farmer has to bear . Wheat- growing in America . 6 6 In connection with this subject it is interesting to compare the cost of growing wheat in England and in the United States . Ample materials for such com- parison are supplied in a ...
... farmer has to bear . Wheat- growing in America . 6 6 In connection with this subject it is interesting to compare the cost of growing wheat in England and in the United States . Ample materials for such com- parison are supplied in a ...
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