Excerpt from Prairie Farming in America: With Notes by the Way on Canada and the United States Present Position of Agriculturists in England - Continued Rise of rent.-in creased Rate of Wages not equally certain. - Competition in the Hire of Land. - Whence it arises - Foreign Produce - That of Lands of superior Fertility chiefly afi'ects us. - Increasing Value of Live Stock - Home Competition the true Somce of diminished Profits - Extent to which the Business of Farming is giving place to other Occupations. - Area of ordinary Farming thus cur tailed - Necessity for Farmers to thin the ranks of Home Competition. Daily Consumption of Foreign Grain - Offers a Good Prospect to the Emi grant. - The Prairies of Illinois a suitable Field for him - Their Advantages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.