Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       LANDMARKS IN ENGLISH AGRICULTURE

       CHAPTER I

       COMMUNISTIC FARMING.—GROWTH OF THE MANOR.—EARLY PRICES.—THE ORGANIZATION AND AGRICULTURE OF THE MANOR

       CHAPTER II

       THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.—THE MANOR AT ITS ZENITH, WITH SEEDS OF DECAY ALREADY VISIBLE.—WALTER OF HENLEY

       CHAPTER III

       THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY.—DECLINE OF AGRICULTURE.—THE BLACK DEATH.— STATUTE OF LABOURERS

       CHAPTER IV

       HOW THE CLASSES CONNECTED WITH THE LAND LIVED IN THE MIDDLE AGES

       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

       CHAPTER VI

       1400-1540

       THE SO-CALLED 'GOLDEN AGE OF THE LABOURER' IN A PERIOD OF GENERAL DISTRESS

       CHAPTER VII

       ENCLOSURE

       CHAPTER VIII

       FITZHERBERT.—THE REGULATION OF HOURS AND WAGES

       CHAPTER IX

       1540-1600

       PROGRESS AT LAST.—HOP-GROWING.—PROGRESS OF ENCLOSURE.—HARRISON'S 'DESCRIPTION'

       CHAPTER X

       1540-1600

       LIVE STOCK.—FLAX.—SAFFRON.—THE POTATO. THE ASSESSMENT OF WAGES

       CHAPTER XI

       1600-1700

       CLOVER AND TURNIPS.—GREAT RISE IN PRICES. MORE ENCLOSURE.—A FARMING CALENDAR

       CHAPTER XII

       THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.—FRUIT GROWING. A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ORCHARD

       CHAPTER XIII

       THE EVILS OF COMMON FIELDS.—HOPS.—IMPLEMENTS.—MANURES.—GREGORY KING—CORN LAWS

       CHAPTER XIV

       1700-1765

       GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.—CROPS.—CATTLE.— DAIRYING.—POULTRY.—TULL AND THE NEW HUSBANDRY.—BAD TIMES. —FRUIT-GROWING

       CHAPTER XV

       1700-1765

       TOWNSHEND.—SHEEP-ROT.—CATTLE PLAGUE. FRUIT-GROWING

       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.

       CHAPTER XVII

       1793-1815

       THE GREAT FRENCH WAR.—THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.—HIGH PRICES, AND HEAVY TAXATION.

       CHAPTER XVIII

       ENCLOSURE—THE SMALL OWNER

       CHAPTER XIX

       1816-1837

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