The World of To-day: The Marvels of Nature and the Creations of Man, Volume 2Harry Johnston, Leslie Haden Baron Haden-Guest William H. Wise & Company, 1937 |
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... million horses . The oat harvest averages over six million bushels a year and the dairy and farm- yard produce is estimated at something like £ 16,000,000 yearly . Thanks to irrigation , Victoria is also a great fruit - growing coun ...
... million horses . The oat harvest averages over six million bushels a year and the dairy and farm- yard produce is estimated at something like £ 16,000,000 yearly . Thanks to irrigation , Victoria is also a great fruit - growing coun ...
Page 552
... million lbs . on an average , and butter 100 million lbs . Broken Hill possesses the greatest silver mines in the world . The area under cultivation is about 41/2 million acres , pro- ducing about 40 million bushels of wheat and 312 ...
... million lbs . on an average , and butter 100 million lbs . Broken Hill possesses the greatest silver mines in the world . The area under cultivation is about 41/2 million acres , pro- ducing about 40 million bushels of wheat and 312 ...
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... million acres of farm land , yielding a corn crop alone of 156,920,000 bushels a year . The twelve million domestic animals in the State bring in immense sums annually , the wool - clip alone being between fifteen and twenty million ...
... million acres of farm land , yielding a corn crop alone of 156,920,000 bushels a year . The twelve million domestic animals in the State bring in immense sums annually , the wool - clip alone being between fifteen and twenty million ...
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INDIA Concluded | 501 |
MALAYA BORNEO AND HONG KONG | 527 |
AUSTRALIA | 531 |
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