[A Walk from London to John O’Groat’s by Elihu Burritt]@TWC D-Link bookA Walk from London to John O’Groat’s CHAPTER IX 13/30
The outlay for oil-cake and corn purchased for feeding, amounts to about 4,000 pounds per annum. Another heavy expenditure is about 1,700 pounds yearly for artificial fertilisers, consisting of guano and blood-manure.
Mr. Jonas is one of the directors of the company formed for the manufacture of the latter. The whole income of this establishment is realised from two sources- -meat and grain.
And this is the distinguishing characteristic of English farming generally.
Not a pound of hay, straw, or roots is sold off the estate.
Indeed, this is usually prohibited by the conditions of the contract with the landlord.
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