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... soils :: Page 46 47 ib . 48 49 51 ib . ib . 52 id . ib . 53 54 57 59 47. The different systems of cultivation employed by ... soil 52. The method of sowing more than once in the year 53. The manuring of land .. 54. How to ascertain the ...
... soils :: Page 46 47 ib . 48 49 51 ib . ib . 52 id . ib . 53 54 57 59 47. The different systems of cultivation employed by ... soil 52. The method of sowing more than once in the year 53. The manuring of land .. 54. How to ascertain the ...
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... soil exulting beneath a plough - share crowned with wreaths of laurel , and guided by a husbandman graced with triumphs : whether it is that they tended the seed with the same care that they had displayed in the conduct of wars , and ...
... soil exulting beneath a plough - share crowned with wreaths of laurel , and guided by a husbandman graced with triumphs : whether it is that they tended the seed with the same care that they had displayed in the conduct of wars , and ...
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... soil that can be looked upon as really valuable that is not healthy all the year through . " That49 is sure to be bad land against which its owner has a continual struggle . " Cato recommends us before everything , to see that the land ...
... soil that can be looked upon as really valuable that is not healthy all the year through . " That49 is sure to be bad land against which its owner has a continual struggle . " Cato recommends us before everything , to see that the land ...
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... soil . For this reason it is that Cato0 says that it is best to buy land of a careful proprietor , and that the methods adopted by others ought not to be hastily rejected — that it is the same with land as with mankind — however great ...
... soil . For this reason it is that Cato0 says that it is best to buy land of a careful proprietor , and that the methods adopted by others ought not to be hastily rejected — that it is the same with land as with mankind — however great ...
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... soil , I may seem to have sufficiently discussed the characteristics by which it may be known , I shall take the present opportunity of adding a few more indications , employ- ing the words of Cato 63 more particularly for the purpose ...
... soil , I may seem to have sufficiently discussed the characteristics by which it may be known , I shall take the present opportunity of adding a few more indications , employ- ing the words of Cato 63 more particularly for the purpose ...
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