PART I ON THE PRICES OF CORN FROM 1848 TO SECTION 1 Introduction SECTION 2 Character of the season 1847-1848 Prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 3 Character of the season 1848-1849 Prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 4 Character of the season 1849-1850 Prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 5 Character of the season 1850-1851 Prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 6 Character of the season 1851-1852 Prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 7 Character of the season 1852-1853 Prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 8 Character of the season 1853-1854 Prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 9 The large importations of foreign corn frm 845 t 853-1854. And the opposite theories of diminished home production and increased home consumption SECTION 10 The same subject continued. Probable effect of the Corn Law if it had been in force in 1848-1849. Large production and low prices in France and central Europe SECTION 11 On the effect of variations in the supply of wheat on its price, and on the consumption of it as the food of man Principles stated in 1821 SECTION 12 The same subject continued. Facts in illustration afforded by the periods 1828-1837,and 1838-1841 SECTION 13 A consideration of the more important causes which lead to fluctuations in the price of corn; with particular reference to the doctrines put forward by the promoters of agricultural statistics SECTION 14 The same subject continued. Illustrations derived from the experience of the years 1846 t 855 SECTION 15 On the relative productiveness of the harvests in England during the forty years 1815-1854. Mr. Jacob??s researches in 1826-1828 SECTION 16 The same subject continued. Result of the researches of M. Paucton with reference to the consumption of corn in France about the year 1780 SECTION 17 The same subject continued. Results of the surveys of cropper, benson, and company, 1813-1836; and of Mr. Sandars, 1837-1855 SECTION 18 On the general principles which may best regulate the function of government in providing official information relative to agricultural produce. The alleged deficiency of agricultural as compared with commercial, statistics SECTION 19 The same subject continued. Erroneous notion of the facts relative to the harvest of 1846. And erroneous inferences drawn by high authorities from those facts SECTION 20 The same subject continued. Erroneous views as to the real functions of the intermediate dealers between the growers and consumers of corn in this country SECTION 21 The same subject continued. The alleged example of foreign countries—M. Coquelin??s account of the true purpose of the cadastre in France SECTION 22 On the nature of the practical methods by which in this country a fair or just equilibrium of the price of raw produce such as corn, is maintained. Difficulties not to be overcome by the most elaborate statistics SECTION The same subject continued. Motives oraig upon a large class of farmers to observe a definite annual rule as to the sale of their corn SECTION 24 The same subject continued. Motives oraig upon another class of farmers as regards the accumulation of stocks SECTION 25 On the relation between the cost of the production of corn and its current price during short intervals SECTION 26 The import cost of foreign grain during the thirty-five years 1821-1855. Magnitude of that import. Cost since 1846 Recent improvements directed to larger domestic production of grain SECTION 27 The effective legislative provision existing since 1846 for the application of capital to land improvement, especially drainage. Progress actually made. Extent of the field to be