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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... tillage . If land is more produc- tive , when farmed by small owners , than by the tenants of large plots , then the comforts of the residents in cities and towns are affected by the issue . The rural population , which forms the ...
... tillage . If land is more produc- tive , when farmed by small owners , than by the tenants of large plots , then the comforts of the residents in cities and towns are affected by the issue . The rural population , which forms the ...
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... tillage , and the great care as to details . For more than a thousand years , the land of the parent has been divided among all his children , but it has not yet produced an excess of farms incompatible with the comfortable subsistence ...
... tillage , and the great care as to details . For more than a thousand years , the land of the parent has been divided among all his children , but it has not yet produced an excess of farms incompatible with the comfortable subsistence ...
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... tillage , is not suited for sheep , and hardly one was to be seen in the entire journey . In the district lying between Combourg and St. Malo all the cows are tethered ; some were grazing the headlands of the tilled fields , but they ...
... tillage , is not suited for sheep , and hardly one was to be seen in the entire journey . In the district lying between Combourg and St. Malo all the cows are tethered ; some were grazing the headlands of the tilled fields , but they ...
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... tillage stints the smiling plain . The word agri - culture includes two ideas - land and labour . Just as the amount of labour is less- ened and the consolidation of farms and emigration of the people effects this - so is the produce of ...
... tillage stints the smiling plain . The word agri - culture includes two ideas - land and labour . Just as the amount of labour is less- ened and the consolidation of farms and emigration of the people effects this - so is the produce of ...
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... tillage in this dis- trict is what many would call on a more improved system . Iron ploughs , and other such implements , are to be seen . Horses are more abundant , and do more of the work ; men are scarce , and do less . The cows ...
... tillage in this dis- trict is what many would call on a more improved system . Iron ploughs , and other such implements , are to be seen . Horses are more abundant , and do more of the work ; men are scarce , and do less . The cows ...
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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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