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Page 170
... crops in two years to two crops in one year . The leading food crops - wheat , corn ( maize ) , soybeans , kao- liang ( a variety of grain sorghum ) , spiked millet , and sweet potatoes - account for most of the total cultivated acreage ...
... crops in two years to two crops in one year . The leading food crops - wheat , corn ( maize ) , soybeans , kao- liang ( a variety of grain sorghum ) , spiked millet , and sweet potatoes - account for most of the total cultivated acreage ...
Page 193
... crops a year are raised in all parts of the province . Kiangsi also produces a great variety of com- mercial crops : tea is grown on hillsides in many regions ; ramie , used for making a fine , silky fabric , is raised south and west of ...
... crops a year are raised in all parts of the province . Kiangsi also produces a great variety of com- mercial crops : tea is grown on hillsides in many regions ; ramie , used for making a fine , silky fabric , is raised south and west of ...
Page 577
... crops . Most of the bananas grown are exported from plantations located in the Urabá region of the Caribbean coast . Sug- arcane is a major crop in the warm and temperate zones , but most of the large plantations and processing plants ...
... crops . Most of the bananas grown are exported from plantations located in the Urabá region of the Caribbean coast . Sug- arcane is a major crop in the warm and temperate zones , but most of the large plantations and processing plants ...
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