Political Economy for High Schools and AcademiesGinn, 1895 - 108 стор. |
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... population in the warmer countries , to which the Indian tribes thronged to escape the northern winter , that drove them to till the soil and cease depending on what nature offered without labor . Out of a species of wild grass , which ...
... population in the warmer countries , to which the Indian tribes thronged to escape the northern winter , that drove them to till the soil and cease depending on what nature offered without labor . Out of a species of wild grass , which ...
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... population which drove men to give up the old savage way of living , and then that of the barbarian , and to adopt methods which would increase the food supply . It was the same increase of population which made the adoption of better ...
... population which drove men to give up the old savage way of living , and then that of the barbarian , and to adopt methods which would increase the food supply . It was the same increase of population which made the adoption of better ...
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... population of about two millions and a half , there was a great acreage of wheat sown , so that the people of the towns had to turn out to help to reap it . Also the students of the Universities , who were counted by tens of thousands ...
... population of about two millions and a half , there was a great acreage of wheat sown , so that the people of the towns had to turn out to help to reap it . Also the students of the Universities , who were counted by tens of thousands ...
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... population is most dense . Thus the owners of land in or near a great city may become rich simply by holding on until their prop- erty rises in price through the demand for building - lots . Away from the cities this kind of increase in ...
... population is most dense . Thus the owners of land in or near a great city may become rich simply by holding on until their prop- erty rises in price through the demand for building - lots . Away from the cities this kind of increase in ...
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... population , which is not producing food , he has a steady market for a large variety of farm , garden , orchard and dairy produce . He can vary his crops from year to year , so as to avoid the rapid exhaustion of his land . He can keep ...
... population , which is not producing food , he has a steady market for a large variety of farm , garden , orchard and dairy produce . He can vary his crops from year to year , so as to avoid the rapid exhaustion of his land . He can keep ...
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