Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Preface.--The decline of British agriculture.--Evidence of successful farming during the depression, and of profitable readjustments of farming methods.--The fall of prices.--Protection and currency changes.--The economic position of farming in combating low prices.--The farm accounts.--Rents as a cause of depression.--Competition and rent.--The relations of rents to landlords' improvements, etc.--Landlord and tenant.--The Agricultural holdings act (1883)--Arbitration as to rent.--Legislative proposals.--Railway rates.--Small holdings.--Tuberculosis.--General summary.--Appendix: I. Reasons for dissenting from the report of the majority. II. Summary of farm accounts. III. Agricultural holdings bill (1897)