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Pagina 514
... acres , it is obvious that the power of exchanging on the spot must be very great , with corresponding diminution in the necessity for going to a distance ; and yet we find them in possession of no less than eleven hundred and forty ...
... acres , it is obvious that the power of exchanging on the spot must be very great , with corresponding diminution in the necessity for going to a distance ; and yet we find them in possession of no less than eleven hundred and forty ...
Pagina 516
... acre , on one hundred million acres , or four - fifths of the whole . " This loss of income is ten millions of dollars , and equal to sinking a capital of one hundred and sixty - six million six hundred and sixty - six thousand dollars ...
... acre , on one hundred million acres , or four - fifths of the whole . " This loss of income is ten millions of dollars , and equal to sinking a capital of one hundred and sixty - six million six hundred and sixty - six thousand dollars ...
Pagina 518
... acres of land , perhaps as rich as any in the world . The reason for this is simple . She is destroying the * We have seen letters by the last English steamer , to the purport that little or nothing can be done in the negotiation of ...
... acres of land , perhaps as rich as any in the world . The reason for this is simple . She is destroying the * We have seen letters by the last English steamer , to the purport that little or nothing can be done in the negotiation of ...
Pagina 520
... acre of land will yield four hundred bushels of potatoes , or even six hundred bushels of turnips , whereas it is good land that yields four hundred pounds of cotton , or twenty bushels of wheat to the acre . It will now not be ...
... acre of land will yield four hundred bushels of potatoes , or even six hundred bushels of turnips , whereas it is good land that yields four hundred pounds of cotton , or twenty bushels of wheat to the acre . It will now not be ...
Pagina 521
... acre , and , instead of going up to forty , he falls to ten , which is more than is now the average of all the wheat land of the fertile State of Ohio . The next step is to run away himself to seek other land , and thus it is that we ...
... acre , and , instead of going up to forty , he falls to ten , which is more than is now the average of all the wheat land of the fertile State of Ohio . The next step is to run away himself to seek other land , and thus it is that we ...
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