A Journey Through Texas, Or, A Saddle-trip on the Southwestern Frontier, with a Statistical AppendixBrookhaven Press, 1859 - Počet stran: 516 |
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... acre of one of the crops cultivated in New York , as refuting my evidence of the desolating effects of slavery in the Sea- board States . Waste of soil and injudicious application of labor is common in the agricul ture of the North ...
... acre of one of the crops cultivated in New York , as refuting my evidence of the desolating effects of slavery in the Sea- board States . Waste of soil and injudicious application of labor is common in the agricul ture of the North ...
Strana 6
... its present youth is little known . In 1855 , the crop about Cincinnati is estimated at $ 150,000 . There are about 1,500 acres of vines planted ; 1,000 6 TEXAS . A JOURNEY THROUGH mud-slope to the bank, supported by a ...
... its present youth is little known . In 1855 , the crop about Cincinnati is estimated at $ 150,000 . There are about 1,500 acres of vines planted ; 1,000 6 TEXAS . A JOURNEY THROUGH mud-slope to the bank, supported by a ...
Strana 7
... acre . In 1853 , the average crop was 650 gallons ; the extreme yield 900 gallons to the acre . The acres planted in 1845 , 350 ; in 1852 , 1,200 . Missouri and Illinois have also ( 1855 ) 1,100 acres planted . Mr. Longworth is said to ...
... acre . In 1853 , the average crop was 650 gallons ; the extreme yield 900 gallons to the acre . The acres planted in 1845 , 350 ; in 1852 , 1,200 . Missouri and Illinois have also ( 1855 ) 1,100 acres planted . Mr. Longworth is said to ...
Strana 8
... and glimpses . The price of land for such places , within thirty or forty minutes ' drive of town , was , I was told , $ 1,000 per acre ; and , of all eli- gible land , within ten miles around , $ 200 8 A JOURNEY THROUGH TEXAS .
... and glimpses . The price of land for such places , within thirty or forty minutes ' drive of town , was , I was told , $ 1,000 per acre ; and , of all eli- gible land , within ten miles around , $ 200 8 A JOURNEY THROUGH TEXAS .
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... acre ; near Lexington , $ 200 . Its fertility was described as inex- haustible . One field was pointed out that had been cultivated in corn for sixty years , without interruption , and without manure . Its produce was still forty ...
... acre ; near Lexington , $ 200 . Its fertility was described as inex- haustible . One field was pointed out that had been cultivated in corn for sixty years , without interruption , and without manure . Its produce was still forty ...
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