The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... fruit and vegetables and five pounds of canned fish and shellfish for every man , woman , and child in the country . And this takes no account of that vast quantity of fruits and vegetables canned by the millions of farmers ' wives in ...
... fruit and vegetables and five pounds of canned fish and shellfish for every man , woman , and child in the country . And this takes no account of that vast quantity of fruits and vegetables canned by the millions of farmers ' wives in ...
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... FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HAVE BEEN WONDERFULLY IMPROVED Not only is mankind gradually increas- ing the possible acreage for the growing of foodstuffs - and statistics indicate that only the most fertile third of the world's potential food ...
... FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HAVE BEEN WONDERFULLY IMPROVED Not only is mankind gradually increas- ing the possible acreage for the growing of foodstuffs - and statistics indicate that only the most fertile third of the world's potential food ...
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... 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 , and the ...
... 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 , and the ...
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... fruits , and the tem- perate zone might send to the tropics their excellent 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 ...
... fruits , and the tem- perate zone might send to the tropics their excellent 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 ...
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... fruits , veg- etables , and eggs , until the higher prices of the winter months set in . THE FISH SUPPLY As the world fills up with people , the more humanity is bound to look to the sea for food , and a rich field will there be found ...
... fruits , veg- etables , and eggs , until the higher prices of the winter months set in . THE FISH SUPPLY As the world fills up with people , the more humanity is bound to look to the sea for food , and a rich field will there be found ...
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