A Short History Of English Agriculture

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Author

Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts), 1862-1925

Title

A Short History of English Agriculture

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Produced by Million Book Project, Juliet Sutherland, Tricia Gilbert and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

S: Agriculture

Subject

Agriculture -- England -- History

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16594

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16594

Release Date

August 25, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A SHORT HISTORY — OF — ENGLISH AGRICULTURE — BY — W.H.R. CURTLER
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LANDMARKS IN ENGLISH AGRICULTURE
5. 5.CHAPTER I — COMMUNISTIC FARMING.—GROWTH OF THE MANOR.—EARLY PRICES.—THE ORGANIZATION AND AGRICULTURE OF THE MANOR — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHAPTER II — THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.—THE MANOR AT ITS ZENITH, WITH SEEDS OF DECAY ALREADY VISIBLE.—WALTER OF HENLEY — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER III — THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.—DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE.—THE BLACK DEATH.— STATUTE OF LABOURERS — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — HOW THE CLASSES CONNECTED WITH THE LAND LIVED IN THE MIDDLE AGES — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER V — THE BREAK-UP OF THE MANOR.—SPREAD OF LEASES.—THE PEASANTS' REVOLT.—FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO REGULATE WAGES.—A HARVEST HOME.— BEGINNING OF THE CORN LAWS.—SOME SURREY MANORS — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — 1400-1540 — THE SO-CALLED 'GOLDEN AGE OF THE LABOURER' IN A PERIOD OF GENERAL DISTRESS — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — ENCLOSURE — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — FITZHERBERT.—THE REGULATION OF HOURS AND WAGES — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — 1540-1600 — PROGRESS AT LAST.—HOP-GROWING.—PROGRESS OF ENCLOSURE.—HARRISON'S 'DESCRIPTION' — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER X — 1540-1600 — LIVE STOCK.—FLAX.—SAFFRON.—THE POTATO. THE ASSESSMENT OF WAGES — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — 1600-1700 — CLOVER AND TURNIPS.—GREAT RISE IN PRICES. MORE ENCLOSURE.—A FARMING CALENDAR — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.—FRUIT GROWING. A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ORCHARD — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — THE EVILS OF COMMON FIELDS.—HOPS.—IMPLEMENTS.—MANURES.—GREGORY KING—CORN LAWS — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — 1700-1765 — GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.—CROPS.—CATTLE.— DAIRYING.—POULTRY.—TULL AND THE NEW HUSBANDRY.—BAD TIMES. —FRUIT-GROWING — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — 1700-1765 — TOWNSHEND.—SHEEP-ROT.—CATTLE PLAGUE. FRUIT-GROWING — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — 1765-1793 — ARTHUR YOUNG.—CROPS AND THEIR COST.—THE LABOURERS' WAGES AND DIET.—THE PROSPERITY OF FARMERS.—THE COUNTRY SQUIRE.—ELKINGTON.—BAKEWELL.—THE ROADS.—COKE OF HOLKHAM. — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — 1793-1815 — THE GREAT FRENCH WAR.—THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.—HIGH PRICES, AND HEAVY TAXATION. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — ENCLOSURE—THE SMALL OWNER — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — 1816-1837 — DEPRESSION — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — 1837-1875 — REVIVAL OF AGRICULTURE.—THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—CORN LAW REPEAL.—A TEMPORARY SET-BACK.—THE HALCYON DAYS — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — 1875-1908 — AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS AGAIN.—FOREIGN COMPETITION.—AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACTS.—NEW IMPLEMENTS.—AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONS.—THE SITUATION IN 1908 — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.—LIVE STOCK — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — MODERN FARM LIVE STOCK — FOOTNOTES:
28. 28.APPENDIX I — AVERAGE PRICES FROM 1259 TO 1700 [754] — FOOTNOTES:
29. 29.APPENDIX II — TABLE SHOWING EXPORTS AND IMPORTS OF WHEAT AND FLOUR FROM AND INTO ENGLAND, UNIMPORTANT YEARS OMITTED — FOOTNOTES:
30. 30.APPENDIX III — AVERAGE PRICES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER OF BRITISH CORN IN ENGLAND AND WALES, IN EACH YEAR FROM 1771 TO 1907 INCLUSIVE, ACCORDING TO THE RETURNS OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
31. 31.APPENDIX IV — MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION — FOOTNOTES:
32. 32.INDEX

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