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... crop . What is the first cause of Irish misery ? Changes in the style of cultivation 79 80 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 87 88 89 Mr. Jonathan Pim's opinion Agricultural retrogression in Ireland 90 91 ment · High rate of British emigration ...
... crop . What is the first cause of Irish misery ? Changes in the style of cultivation 79 80 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 87 88 89 Mr. Jonathan Pim's opinion Agricultural retrogression in Ireland 90 91 ment · High rate of British emigration ...
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... crops in Scotland , Ireland , and Belgium compared Influence of the security of capital on agriculture Effects of war upon agriculture and the agriculturalist 192 • 193 • 194 • 194 195 Effects of climate 196 Large and small farms 197 ...
... crops in Scotland , Ireland , and Belgium compared Influence of the security of capital on agriculture Effects of war upon agriculture and the agriculturalist 192 • 193 • 194 • 194 195 Effects of climate 196 Large and small farms 197 ...
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... crops , and , in many provinces , to famine . The seasons were unfavourable , and there was no pro- vision against such an emergency . The communal re- serves of corn placed under the special care of the peasant self - government were ...
... crops , and , in many provinces , to famine . The seasons were unfavourable , and there was no pro- vision against such an emergency . The communal re- serves of corn placed under the special care of the peasant self - government were ...
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... crop , the Irish at the present day for the proportion of persons to an acre throughout the country does not differ materially from that stated for its western province - are in a position just as dangerous as that which they occupied ...
... crop , the Irish at the present day for the proportion of persons to an acre throughout the country does not differ materially from that stated for its western province - are in a position just as dangerous as that which they occupied ...
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... crops and cattle are more suitable to the soil and climate than cereals . The improvement in the condition of the inha- bitants of Great Britain during the period referred to has 1 Journal of the Statistical Society of London for March ...
... crops and cattle are more suitable to the soil and climate than cereals . The improvement in the condition of the inha- bitants of Great Britain during the period referred to has 1 Journal of the Statistical Society of London for March ...
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