§ 10. Population

CHAPTER IV PROGRESS OF AGRICULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES

§ 1. Résumé of progress since thirteenth century

§ 2. Progress in James I.’s reign. Influence of landlords

§ 3. Writers on agriculture. Improvements. Game

§ 4. Drainage of the fens

§ 5. Rise of price of corn, and of rent

§ 6. Special features of the eighteenth century. Popularity of agriculture

§ 7. Improvements of cattle, and in the productiveness of land. Statistics

§ 8. Wrong done to small land-owners by the Statute of Frauds