 | 1937 - 294 lapas
...restored or maintained the fertility of their holdings." * The same condition is described by Eliot. "When our forefathers settled here, they entered a...another, without any concern to amend their land." a Thus in the story of human wanderings we observe the phenomena of land abundance, of soil depletion,... | |
 | Clarence J. Glacken - 1976 - 806 lapas
...should be acceptable biological substitutions for those processes going on before human interference. When our fore-Fathers settled here, they entered a...very well, and when they had worn out one piece, they cleard another, without any concern to amend their land, except a little helped by the Fold and Cart-dung,... | |
 | Betsy McCully - 2007 - 204 lapas
...When our forefathers settled here, they entered a Land which probably had never been ploughed since Creation; the Land being new they depended upon the...to amend their land, except a little helped by the [Sheep] Fold and Cart-Dung. . . . Our Lands being thus worn out, I suppose to be one Reason why so... | |
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When our foreFathers settled here, they entered a Land which probably never had been Ploughed since the Creation; the Land being new they depended upon the natural Fertility of the Ground, which served their purpose very well, and when they had worn out... 