The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... Corn came to us from the Indians , and has become one of the lead- ing cereal crops of the world . It is less than a century ago that the lima bean came to us from South America , and the potato was unknown to civilization be- fore the ...
... Corn came to us from the Indians , and has become one of the lead- ing cereal crops of the world . It is less than a century ago that the lima bean came to us from South America , and the potato was unknown to civilization be- fore the ...
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... corn ; Florida holds first place in the production of green beans , cucumbers , egg plant and lettuce ; California produces more cantaloupes and muskmelons than any other State , and Texas makes its bid for vegetable - producing fame by ...
... corn ; Florida holds first place in the production of green beans , cucumbers , egg plant and lettuce ; California produces more cantaloupes and muskmelons than any other State , and Texas makes its bid for vegetable - producing fame by ...
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... corn , one - fourth of its oats , one - eighth of its cattle , one - third of its hogs , and one - twelfth of its sheep . Even with the land now under cultiva- tion , if we produced as much wheat per acre as England and Germany , we ...
... corn , one - fourth of its oats , one - eighth of its cattle , one - third of its hogs , and one - twelfth of its sheep . Even with the land now under cultiva- tion , if we produced as much wheat per acre as England and Germany , we ...
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... corn to the acre , and has seen this land produce as high as forty - five bushels of wheat and a hundred bushels of corn , it is difficult to take any other than an opti- mistic view of the possibilities of Ameri- can agriculture . Not ...
... corn to the acre , and has seen this land produce as high as forty - five bushels of wheat and a hundred bushels of corn , it is difficult to take any other than an opti- mistic view of the possibilities of Ameri- can agriculture . Not ...
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... corn - fed meats and other cold - storage foods . Once there were entire nations where only the favored few ever knew the re- freshing experience of a cold drink , and it always happened that these nations were situated in those regions ...
... corn - fed meats and other cold - storage foods . Once there were entire nations where only the favored few ever knew the re- freshing experience of a cold drink , and it always happened that these nations were situated in those regions ...
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