The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... 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 white man went to Peru and Colombia ( see page 42 ) . Today representatives of all of the leading nations ...
... 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 white man went to Peru and Colombia ( see page 42 ) . Today representatives of all of the leading nations ...
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... less than half of our available land utilized , the United States produces one - sixth of the world's wheat , four - ninths of its corn , one - fourth of its oats , one - eighth of its cattle , one - third of its hogs , and one ...
... less than half of our available land utilized , the United States produces one - sixth of the world's wheat , four - ninths of its corn , one - fourth of its oats , one - eighth of its cattle , one - third of its hogs , and one ...
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... less improved methods of stock - raising on other parts of the globe as compared with those of the 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 ...
... less improved methods of stock - raising on other parts of the globe as compared with those of the 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 ...
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... less than half as high as that of western 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 ...
... less than half as high as that of western 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 ...
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... less than four decades since the first cargo of beef chilled by machinery instead of by ice was shipped , but today the funnels of refrigerator ships trace their lines of smoke upon every horizon " ( see text , page 21 ) . A FLOCK OF ...
... less than four decades since the first cargo of beef chilled by machinery instead of by ice was shipped , but today the funnels of refrigerator ships trace their lines of smoke upon every horizon " ( see text , page 21 ) . A FLOCK OF ...
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