The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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... seen . WHAT OF THE FUTURE ? Many men are inclined to sound a pes- simistic note as to the adequacy of the world's food supply for future genera- tions , and , like Malthus a hundred years ago , are inclined to predict that the day has ...
... seen . WHAT OF THE FUTURE ? Many men are inclined to sound a pes- simistic note as to the adequacy of the world's food supply for future genera- tions , and , like Malthus a hundred years ago , are inclined to predict that the day has ...
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... 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 only are there infinite ...
... 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 only are there infinite ...
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... seen that the Frenchman eats less than half the beef we do . He eats as much beef as the German , but less than half as much pork . MEAT SUPPLY OF CENTRAL EUROPE It is interesting to study the per capita production of meats in the ...
... seen that the Frenchman eats less than half the beef we do . He eats as much beef as the German , but less than half as much pork . MEAT SUPPLY OF CENTRAL EUROPE It is interesting to study the per capita production of meats in the ...
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... ice was shipped , but today the funnels of refrigerator ships trace their lines of smoke upon every horizon . Any one who has lived on a farm and has seen the amount of wastage there is TUBS WITH Armours IELD LARD There are a number of. 21.
... ice was shipped , but today the funnels of refrigerator ships trace their lines of smoke upon every horizon . Any one who has lived on a farm and has seen the amount of wastage there is TUBS WITH Armours IELD LARD There are a number of. 21.
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... seen from the figures in relation to wheat . Out of 4,000,000,000 bushels of wheat raised in the world , only 600,000 , - 000 get out into the channels of interna- tional trade . THE ORIGIN OF WHEAT The growing of wheat has so long been ...
... seen from the figures in relation to wheat . Out of 4,000,000,000 bushels of wheat raised in the world , only 600,000 , - 000 get out into the channels of interna- tional trade . THE ORIGIN OF WHEAT The growing of wheat has so long been ...
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