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... obtained . Wheat from- Russia Denmark Prussia Schleswig , Holstein , and Lauenburg Mecklenburg Hanse Towns .. France .. 1867 . 1868 . 1869 . cwts . cwts . cwts . 14,025,236 10,053,617 9,158,331 418,012 654,419 549,811 5,572,263 ...
... obtained . Wheat from- Russia Denmark Prussia Schleswig , Holstein , and Lauenburg Mecklenburg Hanse Towns .. France .. 1867 . 1868 . 1869 . cwts . cwts . cwts . 14,025,236 10,053,617 9,158,331 418,012 654,419 549,811 5,572,263 ...
Page xxi
... obtained . Since then there has been a gradual and steady advance up to the present , when the stiff figures of 1328. , 1208. , and 1058. , have to be paid , with every prospect of a further advance . That the summer was favourable for ...
... obtained . Since then there has been a gradual and steady advance up to the present , when the stiff figures of 1328. , 1208. , and 1058. , have to be paid , with every prospect of a further advance . That the summer was favourable for ...
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... obtained . 1868 . 1869 . 1870 . Wheat from- cwts . cwts . cwts . Russia .. Denmark Prussia .. 4,489,880 3,316,375 4,563,334 249,385 201,479 221,187 .. 2,213,473 2,104,509 1,215,653 .. ... Schleswig , Holstein , and Lauenburg ...
... obtained . 1868 . 1869 . 1870 . Wheat from- cwts . cwts . cwts . Russia .. Denmark Prussia .. 4,489,880 3,316,375 4,563,334 249,385 201,479 221,187 .. 2,213,473 2,104,509 1,215,653 .. ... Schleswig , Holstein , and Lauenburg ...
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... obtained after an experience similar to that described so well by Mr. M'Lagan . In the majority of cases it appeared to us that there was no regular course at all , the practice being to sow a certain number of crops which follow one ...
... obtained after an experience similar to that described so well by Mr. M'Lagan . In the majority of cases it appeared to us that there was no regular course at all , the practice being to sow a certain number of crops which follow one ...
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... By these means , owing to the increased root - hold which the plants thus obtained , we were told that the VOL . VI.-S. S. E yield of clover had been nearly doubled , because formerly Report on the Agriculture of Belgium . 49.
... By these means , owing to the increased root - hold which the plants thus obtained , we were told that the VOL . VI.-S. S. E yield of clover had been nearly doubled , because formerly Report on the Agriculture of Belgium . 49.
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