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Page 59
... farmers would reap the benefits while the rest of the farming population would sink to a lower level of production ... farmers systematically rid themselves of most of the animals for which they have no use . This is shown by the finely ...
... farmers would reap the benefits while the rest of the farming population would sink to a lower level of production ... farmers systematically rid themselves of most of the animals for which they have no use . This is shown by the finely ...
Page 99
... farmers had to increase their production of oats . This was done by dividing farms into three fields : one in fallow , one devoted to wheat planted in the fall , and one devoted to oats , planted in the spring . By plow- ing with horses ...
... farmers had to increase their production of oats . This was done by dividing farms into three fields : one in fallow , one devoted to wheat planted in the fall , and one devoted to oats , planted in the spring . By plow- ing with horses ...
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... farming frontier moved across the Alleghenies into the Midwest , the center of pig , cattle , and corn production moved with it . Soils and climate were ideal for corn . Farmers in the Ohio Valley could easily harvest more than they ...
... farming frontier moved across the Alleghenies into the Midwest , the center of pig , cattle , and corn production moved with it . Soils and climate were ideal for corn . Farmers in the Ohio Valley could easily harvest more than they ...
Contents
ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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