As regards prices at the two periods 1871-5 and 1906-7, if we take 100 as the price at the former the following are the prices at the latter:
| Beef | 71 |
| Mutton | 93 |
| Bacon | 121 |
| Wheat | 56 |
| Butter | 97 |
| Cheese | 100 |
Turning once more to the occupation of land, the percentage of land occupied by owners in 1907 in England was 12.4, the rest being occupied by tenants, and the following is a statement of the number of agricultural holdings of various sizes in 1875 and 1907:
| 1875.[733] | |||||
| 50 acres and under. | 50 to 100 acres. | 100 to 300 acres. | 300 to 500 acres. | 500 to 1000 acres. | Above 1000 acres. |
| 293,469 | 44,842 | 58,450 | 11,245 | 3,871 | 463 |
| 1907. | |||||
| Above 1 and not exceeding 5 acres. | Above 5 and not exceeding 50 acres. | Above 50 and not exceeding 300 acres. | Above 300 acres. | ||
| 80,921 | 165,975 | 109,927 | 14,652 | ||
FOOTNOTES:
[710] McCulloch, Commercial Dictionary (1882), p. 449.
[711] See Returns of the Board of Agriculture.
[712] The imports from Russia were that year exceptionally small.
[713] McCulloch, Commercial Dictionary (1852), p. 274.