Farmer Smith wasn't sure that the lower acres were arable. From LearnThat.org.
41The other way to gain arable land was reclamation. From Wordnik.com. [Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)] Reference
Suriname arable land: 0. 37\% permanent crops: 0. 06\% other: 99. 57\% (2001). From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Suriname arable land: 0. 36\% permanent crops: 0. 06\% other: 99. 58\% (2005). From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Thus, often so-called arable lands will have to be planted again with other crops. From Wordnik.com. [10TH REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY] Reference
Of the 57.5 million square miles of land on the planet, only 7.65 are arable, that is, suitable for farming. From Wordnik.com. [Follow up on the Israeli low-carb study | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
The fourth in rank is that confifting of one third grafs and two thirds arable, which is nearly upon a par in profit with the laft. From Wordnik.com. [The farmer's guide in hiring and stocking farms. Containing an examination of many subjects of great importance both to the common husbandman, in hiring a farm; and to a gentleman on taking the whole or part of his estate into his own hands. Also, plans of farm-yards, and sections of the necessary buildings] Reference
This farm, although termed arable, yet is not all fo; the 20 acres being grafs a - bout the houfc, fgr the conveniency of be - ing near it. From Wordnik.com. [The farmer's guide in hiring and stocking farms. Containing an examination of many subjects of great importance both to the common husbandman, in hiring a farm; and to a gentleman on taking the whole or part of his estate into his own hands. Also, plans of farm-yards, and sections of the necessary buildings] Reference
His three acres lay tilted skyward at the point where the rocks of the Honan mountains met what might charitably be called the arable fields. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
The host farms also demonstrate best practice in areas such as arable production and biodiversity management, he says. From Wordnik.com. [FWi - All News] Reference
The production of ethanol and other biofuels requires many of the same resources - such as arable land - as the production of food. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Is agriculture the next big investment thing?] Reference
There is less arable land, less clean water, less oil. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Marshall: Apres Hannity, Le Deluge] Reference
By 1915 reclamation had added to the arable land of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
Algae also uses less water than corn and can be grown on non-arable land. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
It is estimated that if all our arable land was under the plow, it would feed. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
Just 1 percent own 50 percent of the wealth and 75 percent of the arable land. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: How Our Governments Snuffed Out a Democracy And Kidnapped a President: A Modern Parable] Reference
And soil erosion threatens to turn much of the world's arable land into desert. From Wordnik.com. [Certified Organic] Reference
It may drain off surplus water, but, unaided, can never render any arable land too dry. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
In the arable areas of the east much of the surface now looks distinctly drab, autumnal. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: Staffordshire Moorlands] Reference
Many regions face a growing risk of famine unless their arable land becomes more productive. From Wordnik.com. [BHP target Potash courts rival offers] Reference
The U.N. says 3.6 million hectares of arable land and 1.2 million livestock are already lost. From Wordnik.com. [Experts, Industry Leaders, Decision Makers Meet to Discuss World's Water Problems] Reference
Israel argues that their restrictions on these arable lands are to prevent further rocket attacks. From Wordnik.com. [Hani Almadhoun: Fresh Produce and Electricity Are Still Absent in Gaza] Reference
At last count, in 1996, around 11 percent of rural property owners controlled 68 percent of arable land. From Wordnik.com. [A Plot Of Their Own] Reference
Indeed, without the aid of artificial manures, arable farming, as at present carried out, would be impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Among big countries, America, unusually, also has far more arable land than it needs to feed its own population. From Wordnik.com. [Farmland: The Next Boom?] Reference
As a general rule most arable soils contain over one-tenth per cent of nitrogen, or, say, over 3500 lb. per acre. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Subsequently, in many cases, as much as ten, and even twenty shillings an acre was offered for ordinary raw arable land. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
In 1950, there were 0.5 hectares of arable land per person in the world, but it has already fallen to just over 0.2 hectares. From Wordnik.com. [Is agriculture the next big investment thing?] Reference
In North America, much of the prairie has been given over to arable farming using fertilisers, which has turned it into a dustbowl. From Wordnik.com. [10 sustainable foods for your shopping basket] Reference
Mingalay (pop. 135) and Berneray to the S.E. -- and contains 4000 acres of arable land and 18,000 acres of meadow and hill pasture. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
Warington, in his Rothamsted experiments, has found that the greatest rate, working with ordinary arable soil (first 9 inches) from the. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Barely 1 percent of the country's arable land is irrigated, and peasant farmers remain almost entirely dependent on rainfall to survive. From Wordnik.com. [Freedom Is Not Enough] Reference
Certain continents are scarcely arable for thousands of square miles, devoid of firewood and incapable of supporting the present population. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Burst of Innovative Global Giving Pays Off] Reference
It is to Mr. Thompson of Moat Hall, however, that we owe the important observation, that arable soils rapidly remove ammonia from solution, and. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
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