The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... is forced to cast around for new units of measurement to give a proper idea of its proportions . Assum- ing that the average inhabitant of the earth uses two pounds of provisions a cereal crop of 5,000,000,000 bushels . Were all of our.
... is forced to cast around for new units of measurement to give a proper idea of its proportions . Assum- ing that the average inhabitant of the earth uses two pounds of provisions a cereal crop of 5,000,000,000 bushels . Were all of our.
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... bushels . Were all of our arable land under culti- vation and producing only according to our present standard ... bushels of wheat and twenty bushels of corn to the acre , and has seen this land produce as high as forty - five bushels ...
... bushels . Were all of our arable land under culti- vation and producing only according to our present standard ... bushels of wheat and twenty bushels of corn to the acre , and has seen this land produce as high as forty - five bushels ...
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... bushels , and statistics show that the farmer gets less ordinarily for his big crop than he re- ceives for his small one . Excluding rice , we find that the 1911 cereal crop amounted to 13,786,000,000 bushels . The average value per bushel ...
... bushels , and statistics show that the farmer gets less ordinarily for his big crop than he re- ceives for his small one . Excluding rice , we find that the 1911 cereal crop amounted to 13,786,000,000 bushels . The average value per bushel ...
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... bushels per acre . That her lands are as fertile and her cli- mate as well suited to the growing of wheat as those of England and Germany are facts well known to all those who have considered her relation to the world's future food ...
... bushels per acre . That her lands are as fertile and her cli- mate as well suited to the growing of wheat as those of England and Germany are facts well known to all those who have considered her relation to the world's future food ...
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... bushels of wheat raised in the world , only 600,000 , - 000 get out into the channels of interna- tional trade . THE ... bushels of wheat in 1913. This would give them a per capita production of 215 pounds . Their total production of rye ...
... bushels of wheat raised in the world , only 600,000 , - 000 get out into the channels of interna- tional trade . THE ... bushels of wheat in 1913. This would give them a per capita production of 215 pounds . Their total production of rye ...
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