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... reckoned , especially the first , among the most pro- ductive , were formerly but one vast marsh partially covered by the sea , like the polders of Holland opposite to them on the other side of the Channel . Numerous peat - mosses still ...
... reckoned , especially the first , among the most pro- ductive , were formerly but one vast marsh partially covered by the sea , like the polders of Holland opposite to them on the other side of the Channel . Numerous peat - mosses still ...
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... reckoned at thirty- five millions . The French official statistics give thirty- two millions , and M'Culloch makes the number the same for the United Kingdom ; * but both I believe are a little understated . This apparent similarity ...
... reckoned at thirty- five millions . The French official statistics give thirty- two millions , and M'Culloch makes the number the same for the United Kingdom ; * but both I believe are a little understated . This apparent similarity ...
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... reckoned at 550,000 packs , of 240 lb. English , equal to sixty millions of kilos also . The two countries would then be on an equal footing as regards wool ; but England takes the lead in an enormous ratio when the question comes to be ...
... reckoned at 550,000 packs , of 240 lb. English , equal to sixty millions of kilos also . The two countries would then be on an equal footing as regards wool ; but England takes the lead in an enormous ratio when the question comes to be ...
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... reckoned at ten million head . The United Kingdom feeds somewhat less , say about eight million ; but if the actual number be less , the proportionate quantity is not so . Of this number England and Wales count five million head ...
... reckoned at ten million head . The United Kingdom feeds somewhat less , say about eight million ; but if the actual number be less , the proportionate quantity is not so . Of this number England and Wales count five million head ...
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... reckoned at three milliards ( three thousand millions ) of litres , of which one milliard goes to feed the calves , and A litre is equal to about a quart ( or 2.1135 wine pints ) .- T . two for the consumption of man . This gives an 34 ...
... reckoned at three milliards ( three thousand millions ) of litres , of which one milliard goes to feed the calves , and A litre is equal to about a quart ( or 2.1135 wine pints ) .- T . two for the consumption of man . This gives an 34 ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acres agriculture agriculturists amount animals Arthur Young average Bakewell barley breed British British Isles capital cattle cause cent cereals CHAPTER corn cows crops cultivation Dishley districts divided Duke Edition England proper equal expense extent farmers fattening favourable Fcap FELICIA HEMANS fertile fifty five Foolscap 8vo forest francs per hectare French gardens give grass greater hectolitres Highlands horses immense improved increase Ireland Irish island KEITH JOHNSTON kind labour Lancashire land large farming large property leases least less Lord Lowlands manufactures manure means meat milk millions of hectares mountains natural nearly neighbours oats owing pasture population portion possess present produce profit proprietors prosperity quantity race reckoned rent revolution rural economy scarcely Scotch Scotland sheep SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON superior Sutherlandshire Sutton Waldron tenant thousand acres tion towns turnips United Kingdom vegetable vols wages wealth wheat whole wool
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