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... cultivated . The leaf - stalks are split into long stripes , and the fibrous part is then separated from the fleshy pulp . A laborer can in this way produce daily 50lbs . of hemp . Before 1825 , the quantity produced was insig- nificant ...
... cultivated . The leaf - stalks are split into long stripes , and the fibrous part is then separated from the fleshy pulp . A laborer can in this way produce daily 50lbs . of hemp . Before 1825 , the quantity produced was insig- nificant ...
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... cultivated as food for cattle in Switzer- land . A. moschata , A. atrata , and A. nana - all natives of the Alps - are very aromatic , and bear the name of GENIPI or GENIPP . The inhabitants of the Alps value them very highly , and use ...
... cultivated as food for cattle in Switzer- land . A. moschata , A. atrata , and A. nana - all natives of the Alps - are very aromatic , and bear the name of GENIPI or GENIPP . The inhabitants of the Alps value them very highly , and use ...
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... cultivated in China . A'COLYTES , a name occurring first about the 3d c . , and ap- plied to functionaries who assisted the bishops and priests in the performance of religious rites , lighting the candles , presenting the wine and water ...
... cultivated in China . A'COLYTES , a name occurring first about the 3d c . , and ap- plied to functionaries who assisted the bishops and priests in the performance of religious rites , lighting the candles , presenting the wine and water ...
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... cultivation ; the tracts of vegeta- tion in the western portion are fit for little else than pasture , mainly for goats and sheep . The principal production of the more fertile oases is dates ; but other fruits and grain are also cultivated ...
... cultivation ; the tracts of vegeta- tion in the western portion are fit for little else than pasture , mainly for goats and sheep . The principal production of the more fertile oases is dates ; but other fruits and grain are also cultivated ...
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... cultivated The Sierra Leone coast has valuable iron ore , which is also found and thickly peopled , the Paradise of the World . ' But the flat in the upper Senegal , the region of Timbuktu , the Congo chain of coasts , which are often ...
... cultivated The Sierra Leone coast has valuable iron ore , which is also found and thickly peopled , the Paradise of the World . ' But the flat in the upper Senegal , the region of Timbuktu , the Congo chain of coasts , which are often ...
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