English Agriculture in 1850–51
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
- Author: James Caird
- Date Published: February 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108024730
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Sir James Caird (1816–1892) was a Scottish agriculturalist and M.P., who wrote widely on agricultural matters, not only in Britain but in Ireland, Canada, America and India. British agricultural incomes had been falling due to low grain prices since 1846, and Caird was commissioned by The Times to undertake a survey of English agriculture. His county-by-country reports were published in 1852 as English Agriculture in 1850–51. The work was also published in America, and in German, French and Swedish versions. Changing patterns of trade meant that British agriculture had to adapt to compete with cheap imports, and tenant farmers needed greater security. Caird campaigned in Parliament for regular and official agricultural statistics to be collected, so that the agricultural economy could be made more efficient, though it was nine years before this happened. Caird was knighted in 1882, and served on many official committees.
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- Date Published: February 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108024730
- length: 582 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 33 mm
- weight: 0.73kg
- contains: 1 map
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Buckinghamshire
2. Buckinghamshire continued
3. Oxfordshire
4. Oxfordshire continued
5. Gloucestershire
6. Gloucestershire continued
7. Devonshire
8. Dorsetshire
9. Dorsetshire continued
10. Wiltshire
11. Wiltshire continued
12. Hampshire
13. North Hants. Berkshire
14. Berkshire
15. Surrey
16. Sussex
17. Essex
18. Essex. Suffolk
19. Suffolk
20. Norfolk
21. The Fen country
22. Lincolnshire
23. Lincolnshire continued
24. Nottinghamshire
25. Nottinghamshire continued
26. Leicestershire
27. Warwickshire
28. Staffordshire
29. Staffordshire continued
30. Tamworth
31. Cheshire
32. Lancashire
33. Lancashire continued
34. Yorkshire
35. Yorkshire continued
36. Yorkshire continued
37. Yorkshire continued
38. Durham
39. Durham continued
40. Cumberland
41. Cumberland continued
42. Northumberland
43. Northumberland continued
44. Derbyshire
45. Derbyshire. Rutland
46. Northamptonshire
47. Northamptonshire continued
48. Bedfordshire
49. Bedfordshire continued
50. Hertfordshire. Middlesex
51. Cambridge. Huntingdon
52. Conclusions
53. The landlord
54. The farmer
55. The labourer
56. Conclusion
Index.
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