The Emigrant's Friend: Containing Information and Advice for Persons Intending to Emigrate to the United StatesTyne Publishing Company, 1881 - 351 pages |
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... cattle , sheep , and horses , are exported in thousands from the United States to Europe . It follows that these commodities can be purchased cheaper where they are produced than at the remote market . It seems superfluous to argue that ...
... cattle , sheep , and horses , are exported in thousands from the United States to Europe . It follows that these commodities can be purchased cheaper where they are produced than at the remote market . It seems superfluous to argue that ...
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... from the country , chiefly to the United Kingdom , 25,898 hogs , 73,169 horned cattle , 2,949 horses , 3,349 mules , 112,903 sheep . Bacon and hams , 749,316,601 lbs .; fresh 3 The United States . 33 -Live Stock in the United States.
... from the country , chiefly to the United Kingdom , 25,898 hogs , 73,169 horned cattle , 2,949 horses , 3,349 mules , 112,903 sheep . Bacon and hams , 749,316,601 lbs .; fresh 3 The United States . 33 -Live Stock in the United States.
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... cattle , and horses , and harness cost money ; that you must build a cabin for yourself , and a shelter for your cattle against rains and snows , or cold Western winters ; and that you can expect no great reward for your labors , from ...
... cattle , and horses , and harness cost money ; that you must build a cabin for yourself , and a shelter for your cattle against rains and snows , or cold Western winters ; and that you can expect no great reward for your labors , from ...
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... cattle . It is always refresh- ing to hear the evidence of a thoroughly impartial witness . Replying to a question by the President , as to the natural advantages of American agriculture , Mr. Read said : - " I would take the case of ...
... cattle . It is always refresh- ing to hear the evidence of a thoroughly impartial witness . Replying to a question by the President , as to the natural advantages of American agriculture , Mr. Read said : - " I would take the case of ...
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... cattle . In the cattle ranches of the West they allow the cattle to roam all over the country , and do not even tend them during the winter . In the Middle States stock are perhaps driven into some enclosed woodland , but that is the ...
... cattle . In the cattle ranches of the West they allow the cattle to roam all over the country , and do not even tend them during the winter . In the Middle States stock are perhaps driven into some enclosed woodland , but that is the ...
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