The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... United States , many of them to be placed on trial as food - producers . The Mission Fathers of our Southwest who brought the olive and the date from the Mediterranean region , gave to Cali- fornia some of the richest olive and date ...
... United States , many of them to be placed on trial as food - producers . The Mission Fathers of our Southwest who brought the olive and the date from the Mediterranean region , gave to Cali- fornia some of the richest olive and date ...
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... United States we have 935,000,000 acres of arable land , only 400,000,000 of which are under cul- tivation . Yet , with less than half of our available land utilized , the United States produces one - sixth of the world's wheat , four ...
... United States we have 935,000,000 acres of arable land , only 400,000,000 of which are under cul- tivation . Yet , with less than half of our available land utilized , the United States produces one - sixth of the world's wheat , four ...
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... United States , it appears that mankind at large uses in the neighborhood of 47,000,000,000 pounds of meat a year , " which is about 49 pounds per capita , as compared with America's 172 pounds ( see text , page 12 ) . HOW THE WORLD IS ...
... United States , it appears that mankind at large uses in the neighborhood of 47,000,000,000 pounds of meat a year , " which is about 49 pounds per capita , as compared with America's 172 pounds ( see text , page 12 ) . HOW THE WORLD IS ...
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... United Fruit Company had set apart several hun- dred acres as a reservation for the pro- tection of the ruins . The jungle forest of the reservation , bordering the banana . clearings , towered like a green wall a hundred feet high ...
... United Fruit Company had set apart several hun- dred acres as a reservation for the pro- tection of the ruins . The jungle forest of the reservation , bordering the banana . clearings , towered like a green wall a hundred feet high ...
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... in the world , 9 hogs , 25 cattle , and 6 horses . The United States has 50 sheep for every hundred people , 60 hogs , 58 cattle , and 24 horses Photograph from U. S. Department of Agriculture SHEEP CARCASSES HANGING. 8.
... in the world , 9 hogs , 25 cattle , and 6 horses . The United States has 50 sheep for every hundred people , 60 hogs , 58 cattle , and 24 horses Photograph from U. S. Department of Agriculture SHEEP CARCASSES HANGING. 8.
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