 | Thomas A. Boylan, Tadhg Foley - Economics - 2003 - 458 pages
...difficulty, in the absence of disturbing causes, of obtaining an increased supply of food; it being the law of production from the land, that, "in any given state of agricultural skill, the application of additional labour and capital to land yields a less proportionate return;... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Business & Economics - 2006 - 477 pages
...long before the final limit is reached, and felt more severely the nearer that limit is approached. After a certain, and not very advanced, stage in the progress of agriculture, it is the law of production from the land, that in any given state of agricultural skill and knowledge,... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - Business & Economics - 1991 - 220 pages
...which is inherently and in itself limited in quantity. It must depend on the properties of land.'12 'After a certain, and not very advanced stage in the...the land, that in any given state of agricultural skill and knowledge, by increasing the labour, the produce is not increased in an equal degree; doubling... | |
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... it is the law of production from the land, that, in any given state of agricultural skill and knowledge... 
