Where shall we get meat? The food supplies of western Europe. To which is appended a paper on the production of food |
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... Flesh - formers and Heat - givers - Mankind divided into Alimentary and Stipendiary - The Chinese -- Equine and Mauual Labour - America -- Norway - Switzerland - Mineral Wealth of Great Britain - M . Block's Estimate of Agricul- tural ...
... Flesh - formers and Heat - givers - Mankind divided into Alimentary and Stipendiary - The Chinese -- Equine and Mauual Labour - America -- Norway - Switzerland - Mineral Wealth of Great Britain - M . Block's Estimate of Agricul- tural ...
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... flesh - formers to keep up the vital force , or muscular action . In warmer climates , where the external atmosphere is above blood heat , man does not want so much fat meat , and in the colder climates he requires more animal fat or oils .
... flesh - formers to keep up the vital force , or muscular action . In warmer climates , where the external atmosphere is above blood heat , man does not want so much fat meat , and in the colder climates he requires more animal fat or oils .
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... flesh - formers and heat - givers . The former is necessary in all climes ; the latter is more necessary in some than in others . be The entire physical economy of the world may condensed into one word , motion , or its synonym , life ...
... flesh - formers and heat - givers . The former is necessary in all climes ; the latter is more necessary in some than in others . be The entire physical economy of the world may condensed into one word , motion , or its synonym , life ...
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... flesh - formers . Dr. Play- fair furnishes a table of the composition of food in 100 parts , * from which I extract the following in formation . I exclude the mineral contents : - : - Water Flesh- Heat- formers givers Butchers ' meat ...
... flesh - formers . Dr. Play- fair furnishes a table of the composition of food in 100 parts , * from which I extract the following in formation . I exclude the mineral contents : - : - Water Flesh- Heat- formers givers Butchers ' meat ...
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... body , yet that remains the same weight at the end of the year , as it was at the beginning . We are of opinion , that two ounces of flesh - formers per day , may keep a man alive when at rest , but that three and a half ounces are ...
... body , yet that remains the same weight at the end of the year , as it was at the beginning . We are of opinion , that two ounces of flesh - formers per day , may keep a man alive when at rest , but that three and a half ounces are ...
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agricultural produce Amsterdam animals arable land average Barley Basle Belgian Belgium Berne Britain British Brussels bushels butter calves cattle cent cereals cheese consumed consumption corn cows crops crown 8vo cultivation decrease district Dutch Edition England English acres estimated exports of cattle farm farmers flax flesh-formers foreign France French George Nicholls grain hectares hectolitres Holland horses imports increase inhabitants Ireland labour lake large number lessened live stock London Lucerne Malo manufactures manure Mayence miles milk Mudden nations nearly Netherlands North Holland number of cattle Oats pigs political economy population Post 8vo potatoes price of meat production of food province quantity railway rent Rhine Rotterdam Russia Scotland seed sheep silk Sir George Nicholls soil statistics steamers supply of meat Swiss Switzerland tillage Total town turnips United Kingdom vols West Flanders Wheat wine
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