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Page 977
... farming has largely been an adjunct of the pastoral system , with shifting dry - land cultivation rarely entailing sedentary farming . Land own- ership is no longer exclusively tribal , but the system of tenancy contrasts sharply with ...
... farming has largely been an adjunct of the pastoral system , with shifting dry - land cultivation rarely entailing sedentary farming . Land own- ership is no longer exclusively tribal , but the system of tenancy contrasts sharply with ...
Page 1027
... farming and cattle Tropical forests Mixed farming of subtropical and warm temperate areas Dairying Agricultural regions of North America . the most of the strong altitudinal zonation by raising sug- arcane in rainy parts of the low ...
... farming and cattle Tropical forests Mixed farming of subtropical and warm temperate areas Dairying Agricultural regions of North America . the most of the strong altitudinal zonation by raising sug- arcane in rainy parts of the low ...
Page 1039
... farmers left because their farms were too small and more vulnerable to drought than the cattle ranches . Those who stayed built up the size of their holdings , saved against hard times , and added livestock to grain farming . These ...
... farmers left because their farms were too small and more vulnerable to drought than the cattle ranches . Those who stayed built up the size of their holdings , saved against hard times , and added livestock to grain farming . These ...
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