... the same quantity of cultivated land would maintain a much greater number of people ; and the labourers being generally fed with potatoes, a greater surplus would remain after replacing all the stock, and maintaining all the labour employed in cultivation.... On National Government - Page 210by George Ensor - 1810Full view - About this book
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 526 pages
...landy in tillage which wheat and other forts of grain for human food do at prefent, the fame quantity of cultivated land would maintain a much greater number...labourers being generally fed with potatoes, a greater furplus would remain after replacing all the ftock and maintaining all the labour employed in cultivation.... | |
| 1808 - 556 pages
...lands in tillage, which wheat and other sorts of grain for human food do at present, the same quantity of cultivated land would maintain a much greater number...after replacing all the stock and maintaining all tho labour employed in cultivation. A greater share of this surplus, too would belong to the landlord.... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 372 pages
...greater number of people ; and the labourers being generally fed with potatoes, a greater surplus^would remain after replacing all the stock, and maintaining...cultivation. A greater share of this surplus, too* ; would bdong to the landlord. Population would increase, and rents would rise much beyond what they are at... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 452 pages
...lands in tillage, which wheat and other sorts of grain for human food do at present, the same quantity of cultivated land would maintain a much greater number...belong to the landlord. Population would increase, and rents would rise much beyond what they are at present. The land which is fit for potatoes, is fit... | |
| Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - Agriculture - 1812 - 182 pages
...lands in tillage, which wheat and other sorts of grain for human food do at present, the same quantity of cultivated land would maintain a much greater number...fed with potatoes, a greater surplus would remain for replacing all the stock, and maintain^ E 2 ing ing all the labour employed in cultivation. A greater... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 582 pages
...lands in tillage which wheat and other forts of grain for human food do at prefent, the fame quantity of cultivated land would maintain a much greater number...labourers being generally fed with potatoes, a greater furplus would remain after replacing all the ftock and maintaining all the labour employed in cultivation.... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...lands in tillage which wheat and other forts of grain for human food do at prefent, the fame quantity of cultivated land would maintain a much greater number...labourers being generally fed with potatoes, a greater furplus would remain after replacing all the ftock and maintaining all the labour employed in cultivation.... | |
| Robert Fraser - Fisheries - 1818 - 324 pages
...and other sorts of grain for Lnman food do at present, the same quantity of cultivated land vo*» Id maintain a much greater number of people ; and the...belong to the landlord. Population would increase, and rents would rise much beyond what they are at present. " The land which is fit for potatoes, is... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1838 - 476 pages
...wheat and other sorts of grain for human food do at present, the same quantity of cultivated Innil would maintain a much greater number of people ; and...surplus, too, would belong to the landlord. Population wouW iiirreaxe, and E Ч rents would rise much bcvond what they are at present. The land which is fit... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Economics - 1855 - 490 pages
...present, the same quantity of cultivated land would not only maintain a much greater number of people, but the labourers being generally fed with potatoes, a...belong to the landlord. Population would increase, and rents would rise much beyond what they are at present." * " It is difficult," the same author adds,... | |
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