Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1869 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... less important one than the wheat , is a trifle and but a trifle below that of last year . Its range during the past six years has been limited , as the following table will show : Eye crop in 1860 . " 1862 . 1863 . 1864 . 1865 ...
... less important one than the wheat , is a trifle and but a trifle below that of last year . Its range during the past six years has been limited , as the following table will show : Eye crop in 1860 . " 1862 . 1863 . 1864 . 1865 ...
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... less than 10,000,000 vines which have been set within the past ten years , of which one - half were set in 1864 and 1865. The wine product of 1864 exceeded 4,000,000 gallons , although the extreme drought diminished it somewhat . While ...
... less than 10,000,000 vines which have been set within the past ten years , of which one - half were set in 1864 and 1865. The wine product of 1864 exceeded 4,000,000 gallons , although the extreme drought diminished it somewhat . While ...
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... less magnesia and phosphoric acid than wheat . It is an ex- hausting crop , and in most sections requires frequent and liberal administration of manures , especially plaster of Paris , guano , and the like . The plants are usually set ...
... less magnesia and phosphoric acid than wheat . It is an ex- hausting crop , and in most sections requires frequent and liberal administration of manures , especially plaster of Paris , guano , and the like . The plants are usually set ...
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... less than men if we could . " The brave and generous people with whom they fought do not expect it . They do not wish us to return to the Union emasculated , divested of all manhood and natural feeling . They are proud to know that the ...
... less than men if we could . " The brave and generous people with whom they fought do not expect it . They do not wish us to return to the Union emasculated , divested of all manhood and natural feeling . They are proud to know that the ...
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... less of the destitution that will meet them there . Besides the utter desolation that marked the track of war and battle , guerrilla bands and scouting par- ties have pillaged almost every neighborhood north of the Arkansas River , also ...
... less of the destitution that will meet them there . Besides the utter desolation that marked the track of war and battle , guerrilla bands and scouting par- ties have pillaged almost every neighborhood north of the Arkansas River , also ...
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