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... oxen instead of tractors to pull plows ? Not at all . Virtually every study that has ever been carried out to determine the relative efficiency of tractors versus oxen shows that the animals are more cost - efficient per unit of crop ...
... oxen instead of tractors to pull plows ? Not at all . Virtually every study that has ever been carried out to determine the relative efficiency of tractors versus oxen shows that the animals are more cost - efficient per unit of crop ...
Page 59
... oxen as cows . But in parts of southern India where rice is the principal crop , and the typical half - acre " postage - stamp " farms are too small to support plow animals , farmers raise three times as many cows as oxen . Since the ...
... oxen as cows . But in parts of southern India where rice is the principal crop , and the typical half - acre " postage - stamp " farms are too small to support plow animals , farmers raise three times as many cows as oxen . Since the ...
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... oxen , 57-58 , 61 , 62 protection of , 47–51 , 65–66 , 77 , 81 , 98 , 173–74 , 178 , 190 , 197 , 234 , 236 surplus , 61 symbolism of , 49–50 , 51 , 65 , 66 see also Cattle ; Oxen Crabs , 162 , 163 Craquieto , the , 201 Crickets , 159 ...
... oxen , 57-58 , 61 , 62 protection of , 47–51 , 65–66 , 77 , 81 , 98 , 173–74 , 178 , 190 , 197 , 234 , 236 surplus , 61 symbolism of , 49–50 , 51 , 65 , 66 see also Cattle ; Oxen Crabs , 162 , 163 Craquieto , the , 201 Crickets , 159 ...
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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