ing,[1] only practicable in such localities. The facilities for obtaining manure are exceptional, and high
- ↑ "La culture, ainsi poussée jusqu'au point où elle devient du jardinage, exige, on le comprend sans peine, un capital d'exploitation relativement considérable. "—Eco. Rur.
The way in which garden cultivation is promoted by the neighbourhood of a large town, and the consequent facilities for obtaining manure, cannot be better illustrated than by the subjoined statement of a gentleman who resides in Bedfordshire.
"I enclose you a set of questions I sent to my steward, with his answers."
Questions. Answer. About how many acres in all, under garden cultivation? 4000 acres, at a rough guess. What is the largest held by one occupier? 300 acres. What is the smallest held by one occupier? 10 acres, [note 1 below] Highest rent? £7, including rates. Average rent? £4. note 1: "I know some of my own tenants, whose rent my steward himself receives, who hold three or four acres; but I fancy he does not consider them gardens, unless they grow cucumbers and onion seed."
de Courtrai, enrichies par l'exportation des étoffes, arrivèrent à compter deux ou trois fois plus d'habitants qu'elles n'en ont aujourd'hui, il fallut arracher à un sol rebelle les subsistances nécessaires à une population à la fois si dense et si aiseé." Eco. Rur. p. 6.
"Les progrès de cette culture sont dus à trois causes principales: l'aptitude et le goût très prononcé des habitants pour les travaux des champs, l'association intime de l'agriculture et de l'industrie, enfin la liberté et l'indépendance dont ont joui les populations."—Eco. Rur. p. 19.
