The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... European war to force the Central Powers into submission by drawing around them the steel ring of war and the cold ring of hunger , it is more than interesting to take an inven- tory of the world's market basket , and to pause for a ...
... European war to force the Central Powers into submission by drawing around them the steel ring of war and the cold ring of hunger , it is more than interesting to take an inven- tory of the world's market basket , and to pause for a ...
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... Europe remains to be seen . WHAT OF THE FUTURE ? Many men are inclined to sound a pes- simistic note as to the adequacy of the world's food supply for future genera- tions , and , like Malthus a hundred years ago , are inclined to ...
... Europe remains to be seen . WHAT OF THE FUTURE ? Many men are inclined to sound a pes- simistic note as to the adequacy of the world's food supply for future genera- tions , and , like Malthus a hundred years ago , are inclined to ...
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... Europe , we could add enough cereals to take care of an additional population the size of that of Europe ( see also page 91 ) . LITTLE ROOM FOR PESSIMISM When one has lived on land , as the writer has done , which , at the end of the ...
... Europe , we could add enough cereals to take care of an additional population the size of that of Europe ( see also page 91 ) . LITTLE ROOM FOR PESSIMISM When one has lived on land , as the writer has done , which , at the end of the ...
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... Europe are large consumers of meat and other animal products . Although Asia has fifty - three out of every hundred of the world's inhabitants living within its boundaries , it has , out- side of India , comparatively few cattle , only ...
... Europe are large consumers of meat and other animal products . Although Asia has fifty - three out of every hundred of the world's inhabitants living within its boundaries , it has , out- side of India , comparatively few cattle , only ...
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... Europe eats , while the make - up of the North African market basket is almost identi- cal with that of south- western Asia . It is probable that less than one - third of the earth's population gets what an American would call three ...
... Europe eats , while the make - up of the North African market basket is almost identi- cal with that of south- western Asia . It is probable that less than one - third of the earth's population gets what an American would call three ...
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