. The earth and its inhabitants ... n are cheap and • Xumber and average size of farms :— Xumber of Occupiers. 1874. England and Wales . 480,178 Scotland .... 81,007 Ireland .... 590,000 t De Laveleye^ Patr!a Belgica, tome 1er. verage 1874. Number of Occupiers. 1879. 66 \57/ 654,823 58 26 528,275 29 STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 449 abundant, skilled artificers are numerous, and the nature of the soil and itsdistribution are favourable. Hence steam-ploughs are more numerous than inall the other countries of Europe together.* It is somewhat curious that notwith

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. The earth and its inhabitants ... n are cheap and • Xumber and average size of farms :— Xumber of Occupiers. 1874. England and Wales . 480,178 Scotland .... 81,007 Ireland .... 590,000 t De Laveleye^ Patr!a Belgica, tome 1er. verage 1874. Number of Occupiers. 1879. 66 \57/ 654,823 58 26 528,275 29 STATISTICS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 449 abundant, skilled artificers are numerous, and the nature of the soil and itsdistribution are favourable. Hence steam-ploughs are more numerous than inall the other countries of Europe together.* It is somewhat curious that notwithstanding the increase in grass land, thelive stock of the United Kingdom should have decreased to a considerable extentwitJiin the last few This decrease is solely due to the prevalence ofcattle plague and other diseases. Ireland is far richer in cattle than the easternisland ; but although Great Britain has, proportionately to its population, fewer Fiff. 221.—DisTRiBLTiox OF Cattlk. &0 uruLte/ NORTH swùh/ ^y;

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