enormous quantity of EIGHT MILLION QUARTERS, worth L25,000,000,
which had to be imported from other countries, to fill up the void,
and feed 8,000,000 of the population; and if a war took place,
England may, like Rome, be starved into peace.

An idea prevails that a diminution in the extent under grain
implies an increase in the production of meat. The best answer to
that fallacy lies in the great increase in the price of meat. If
the supply had increased the price would fall, but the converse has
taken place. A comparison of the figures given by Geoffrey King, in
the reign of William III., with those supplied by the Board of
Trade in the reign of Queen Victoria, illustrates this phase of the
landholding question, and shows whether the "enlightened policy" of
the nineteenth century tends to encourage the fulfilment of the
trust which applies to land--THE PRODUCTION OF FOOD.

The land of England and Wales in 1696 and 1874 was classified as
follows:
1696. 1874.
Acres. Acres.
Under grain, 10,000,000 8,021,077
Pastures and meadows, 10,000,000 12,071,791
Flax, hemp, and madder, 1,000,000 ---------
Green crops, --------- 2,895,138
Bare fallow, --------- 639,519
Clover --------- 2,983,733
Orchards, 1,000,000 148,526
Woods, coppices, etc, 3,000,000 1,552,598
Forests, parks, and commons, 3,000,000|
Moors, mountains, and bare land, 10,000,000|- 9,006,839