The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... pound . And that the world is not sugar - hungry today is due to the steps taken by Napoleon to overcome the effect of the blockade on sugar . Years before , some Prussian scientists had been trying to get sugar from the beet , and ...
... pound . And that the world is not sugar - hungry today is due to the steps taken by Napoleon to overcome the effect of the blockade on sugar . Years before , some Prussian scientists had been trying to get sugar from the beet , and ...
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... 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 their own homes . The tens of ...
... 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 their own homes . The tens of ...
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... 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.
... 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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... pounds ; bottle of sesame seed oil ; little basket of sea salt ; two pounds of bean curd ( in wicker ladle ) ; large stone bowl of rice , 33 pounds , and several heads of Chinese cabbage . The bundle of dried grass at the right is the ...
... pounds ; bottle of sesame seed oil ; little basket of sea salt ; two pounds of bean curd ( in wicker ladle ) ; large stone bowl of rice , 33 pounds , and several heads of Chinese cabbage . The bundle of dried grass at the right is the ...
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... 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 FED A TWENTIETH CENTURY SHEEPFOLD Few. 6.
... 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 FED A TWENTIETH CENTURY SHEEPFOLD Few. 6.
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