| 单词 | cultivable |
| 例句 | The union's spokesperson pointed out that the cultivable agricultural area is only 2% of the province's territory. Can the heat from running computers help grow our food? It’s complicated 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z The study, by the University of Exeter, also projects that the variety of crops that can be grown will decrease on 72% of currently cultivable land worldwide -- further driving pressure to expand farming into wilderness. Cut emissions and improve farming to protect wilderness 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Wildlife ventures into farm territory are becoming more common because of the large-scale annexation of natural habitats to cultivable agricultural lands. The other greens in your bagged lettuce: frogs, snakes and lizards 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z The world population is growing rapidly, requiring ever more food, but the amount of cultivable land is limited. Grow Faster, Grow Stronger: Speed-Breeding Crops to Feed the Future 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z The office, which has always been limited by a small budget and staff, continues to gauge a spacecraft’s “bioburden” based on a classic measure—the number of cultivable microbial spores it carries. With planetary protection office up for grabs, scientists rail against limits to Mars exploration 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z With one group scrubbed from the landscape, their precious cultivable lands would have been up for grabs. Archaeologists uncover a Neolithic massacre in early Europe 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The resulting decline in cultivable land is a pressing concern for Bangladesh, one of the world’s most densely populated countries. Vertical Gardens Beat Soil Made Salty by Climate Change 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z The monsoon is crucial for millions of Indian farmers as only 40% of cultivable land is under irrigation. Monsoon arrives in southern India 2012-06-05T11:48:52Z Deep valleys appear and many habitations attest the cultivable character of the region. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Only a small part of the cultivable land is under tillage, the inhabitants being principally employed in pasturage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z On the cultivable land on the west and east men and women were digging, ploughing, planting, hoeing, for in some parts seed sown only two weeks before was already sprouting. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z They thrive on a rich sedimentary soil copiously irrigated in the midst of a country where cultivable land of any kind is scarce and water in general hardly to be obtained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z So far from destroying the precious cultivable ground by turning it into a lake, they drained the lake so far as was possible, and thereby created a new Egypt for the cultivators of the soil. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z The journal contains the somewhat quaint statement that the chief cultivable region which they discovered in Oregon was Wapatoo Island, now known as Sauvie’s Island, at the mouth of the Willamette. The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce 2012-04-07T02:00:31.747Z Its surface is generally cultivable, and its soil rich, with a climate varying to suit all products, for home consumption or a foreign market. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z The country is mountainous, and the cultivable portion small; principal crops are rice, millet, beans and jute. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z The railway is slowly attacking the stronghold of the Turkish peasant, extending his operations on the wasted stretches of cultivable land, and slowly opening out dim vistas of prosperity athwart his present apathy. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z More than half the cultivable area of Greece is devoted to pasturage. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z The features of our first day's journey are those of a country whose landed possessions are subdivided into the smallest portions cultivable. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The cultivable area of Egypt, or the space accessible to cultivation, between desert and desert, is more than seven thousand square statute miles. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Mountains cultivable almost to their summits; covered with valuable timber. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z A cheerful disposition, like a Grecian nose, is a natural gift, and not cultivable at will—all solemn old cant to the contrary notwithstanding. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z There are, comparatively speaking, only a small number of acres of cultivable land held by small proprietors, who work on their own soil. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Pompeii was in the shadow of a volcano, Babylon was in a waterless desert, Ayutthaya in an indefensible valley, Petra too far from cultivable fields. Swallowed By the Sea 2011-03-20T14:00:00Z This is about four thirteenths of the cultivable soil of the kingdom. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z Ana are rapids, and from this point to Hit the river is full of islands, while the bed is for the most part narrow, leaving little cultivable land between it and the bluffs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Its millions of acres of land, easily cultivable, highly productive, accessible to railways, and with unexcelled climatic conditions, offer something too great to be overlooked. Canada West 2011-03-03T03:00:58.087Z Five thousand large landed proprietors together owned nearly half of the cultivable land. Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 2011-03-01T03:00:45.597Z This outlying tract embraces a series of rocky glens and mountain torrents, crowned by the ruins of native strongholds, and interspersed with narrow ledges of cultivable alluvium. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z In their place have come the Japanese, a race whose native land, in proportion to its cultivable area, is more densely populated than any other country in the world. Races and Immigrants in America The soil is not cultivable excepting in some of the glens and straths. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Thibet, almost entirely covered with mountains, or cut up with impetuous torrents, affords to its population very little cultivable space. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 This cultivable land is Egypt proper; to it alone is applicable the ancient name—“the black land.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The normal growth of the United States now requires an addition of 6,300,000 acres to its cultivable area each year, which means an average increase of 17,000 acres a day. Conservation Through Engineering Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior All over her cultivable strip of land which lay between the river and the hills, the gray sage grew in clumps, each cluster anchoring the soil around it in a little mound. Claim Number One Agriculture and manufacturing continue to play a lesser role in the economy, constrained by the limited availability of cultivable land and the shortage of domestic labor. The 2008 CIA World Factbook If the cultivable soil of the United Kingdom were cultivated as the soil is cultivated on the average in Belgium, the United Kingdom would have food for at least 37,000,000 inhabitants. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals The result has been a great increase in the area of cultivated or cultivable land. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Agriculture and manufacturing continue to play a minor role in the economy, constrained by the limited availability of cultivable land and the shortage of domestic labor. The 2001 CIA World Factbook Agriculture and manufacturing continue to play a lesser role in the economy, constrained by the limited availability of cultivable land and the shortage of domestic labor. The 2003 CIA World Factbook The delta of the Irrawaddy forms, wherever cultivable, a vast sheet of rice, with cotton, sesamum, and tobacco as subsidiary crops. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The cultivable part extends along the river line for a distance of about 10 m. in breadth from the left or eastern bank. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Throughout Egypt the cultivable soil does not present any very great difference, being always the deposit of the river; it contains, however, more sand near the river than at a distance from it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" The literal meaning of the word is 'cultivable land.' Doctor Jones' Picnic Agriculture and manufacturing continue to play a lesser role in the economy, constrained by the limited availability of cultivable land and the shortage of domestic labor. The 2003 CIA World Factbook About half the total area of the state is cultivable, but the bulk is forested. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Moreover, the cultivable soil is not very deep, and the mountains are separated by narrow ravines, not by plains, so that agriculture is all but out of the question. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century In the desert, at a very short distance from the cultivable land, the climate is uniformly dry and unvaryingly healthy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" Before them couches the Sphinx, hewn from the rock, to spare, as a Greek inscription says, each spot of cultivable land. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 The men turned towards the west to get clear of the cultivable belt, for the track afforded easier going along the margin of the desert. Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan It was the Kaiser's opinion that the soil was cultivable. The Jewish State Tea-farms occupy nearly every acre of the cultivable hill-side areas in some of the islands, and the soil is enriched with a fertilizer made from fish and fish refuse, dried and broken. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The Rhone is charged with it, and tens of thousands of acres of cultivable land are formed by the silt above the Lake of Geneva. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 If we draw the northern boundary of the land that may be cultivated with advantage at 60° N.L., there remains a cultivable area of 90,000 geographical square miles. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II I read that this fine cultivable well-watered country extends seven hundred miles north and south, along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains, with an average width of two hundred miles. A Boy's Voyage Round the World With the exception of El-Hamam, which has a territory only a few feet wide, the cultivable land belonging to each village seems adequate to its support. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 What advantages has Japan with reference to latitude?—what disadvantages with reference to cultivable lands? Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Higher up it will totally drain the American branch of the river; the channel of which in due time will become cultivable land. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 If the Siberian wooded belt forms the most extensive forest in the world, this flower-steppe forms the world's greatest cultivable field, in all probability unequalled in extent and fertility. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II It is sufficiently convenient to the pueblos, has an abundant supply of potable water at all seasons, and cultivable fields in the neighborhood. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 They are more commonly formed on the roots within the cultivable area, and therefore are easily accessible to the roots of the plants which immediately follow. Clovers and How to Grow Them The cultivable lands produce enough wheat for home use, and an excess for export. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Large areas of cultivable waste have been brought under cultivation, and the general result has been a contented people. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" As far as the territory of the Scythians all the land which we have described is an uninterrupted plain, with cultivable soil, but beyond that the ground is stony and rugged. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Detailed map of part of Canyon de Chelly, showing areas of cultivable land 93 XLIV. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 In the cultivable lands of British Columbia, as in those of Washington, it grows remarkably well. Clovers and How to Grow Them Honduras has great resources in mines, cultivable lands, and forests, but these are undeveloped. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges It may also be readily taught, as it has a large share of the ordinary cultivable intelligence common in a greater or less degree to all animals. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon They and their stock, however, had to subsist on their labour and the bounty of the earth; and therefore around the village a tract of cultivable land was appropriated to the use of the community. The Customs of Old England Outlying settlements were established at points convenient to cultivable fields, and probably were intended to be occupied only during the summer. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 Part of the food thus gathered in the subsoil helps to form roots in the cultivable area and part aids in forming top growth for pasture or for hay. Clovers and How to Grow Them Much of the cultivable land is idle because there are no means of getting the crops to market. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The valley of the Arno is rich and fertile, bordered by cultivable hills, which produce the famous Chianti wine. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 7 Italy, Sicily, and Greece (Part One) The waters are usually regarded by the Navaho as the common property of the tribe, but the cultivable lands in the vicinity are held by the individuals and families as exclusively their own. Navaho Houses, pages 469-518 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898 The cave commands an extensive outlook over the cultivable lands below it and those extending up a branch canyon a little above. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 In addition to free fuel, cultivable lands are not infrequently allotted. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum Much of the timber has been destroyed, and this has resulted in a deterioration not only of the water-power, but of the cultivable lands as well. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The cultivable land reaches generally to the distance of one or two miles from the river. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar Under the Command of His Excellence Ismael Pasha, undertaken by Order of His Highness Mehemmed Ali Pasha, Viceroy of Egypt, By An American In The Service Of The Viceroy The soil near the river is sandy, and the ground uneven, but still cultivable; and on this side of the sandy belt it is all level and of the best kind of doomuteea. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II It is situated on the top of the talus, against the cliff, and commands a fine outlook over the cultivable lands in the cove below it and on the canyon bottom proper. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 In a mountain country so broken and heaved about as Peninsular Italy, every spare inch of cultivable plain like that has incalculable value. Science in Arcady The resources of the state have been so skilfully handled, that with the drawback of a very small proportion of cultivable land, Chile is the foremost Andean state. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Above the junction of the Khabour with the main stream, the left bank is mostly cultivable. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. The only thing required from the hand of man, besides water, to render them cultivable, is vegetable or animal substances, to supply them, as they decay or decompose, with organic acids. A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II It is a mere cubby hole, and was evidently located for the area of cultivable land which lies before it, and which it almost completely commands. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 In Azerbijan the soil is almost all cultivable, and if ploughed and sown will bring good crops of the ordinary kinds of grain. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. From the Mediterranean Sea to Cairo the cultivable area is not far from one hundred miles in width; from Cairo to Khartum it varies from three to seven or eight miles wide. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges Still the lower flanks of the mountains are in general cultivable, while the valleys teem with orchards and gardens, and the plains furnish excellent pasture. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. In this way the extent of Chaldaea has been at times largely increased, a vast tract being rendered cultivable, which is otherwise either swamp or desert. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Near the mouth of the canyon, where cultivable areas of land are not many, there are few ruins, but those which do occur overlook such lands. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 These lakes have but a narrow strip of cultivable land. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest In order to add to the cultivable area two great engineering works have been constructed. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges The canals and roads, carefully repaired by Shabak, had since his decease met with entire neglect; the cultivable lands had been devastated, and the whole population decimated periodically. Ancient Egypt In cultivable places houses were standing on the minimum of ground. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Each little branch canyon and deep cove in the cliffs is fronted by a more or less extended area of this cultivable bottom land. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 But if so, this was only because a larger area of the cultivable ground was tilled. Patriarchal Palestine Fine large irrigating ditches traverse this partially cultivable area, and in them are an abundance of fish. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama They don't even have any cultivable land where they could spread it to fertilize the ground. Sweetapple Cove Many large tracts of land appear cultivable both for maize and wheat, but which, as pasture land, would be excellent. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 These bottom lands are the cultivable areas of the canyon bottom, and their occurrence and distribution have dictated the location of the villages now in ruins. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 Clearing the land was a slow process, and the cultivable area available for the support of each household was small. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 Before long, however, a country of red clay hills and limited cultivable depressions is reached, where well-worn foot-trails over the natural soil afford more or less excellent going. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Skillful engineering drained the swamps, adding to the cultivable area of a narrow valley cut by the river through jagged barren hills. Civilization and Beyond Learning from History But the only cultivable land that they saw was some few breaks in the hills, and some narrow slips that were found at their foot close to the water's side. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 During most of the year there is no water in the lower 10 miles of the canyons, where most of the cultivable land is situated. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 What remained outside this and the residential patches of private land was classified as cultivable and uncultivable. The Glories of Ireland Although, in ancient times, a little cultivable land lay immediately outside the town, the region beyond was as sterile as it is possible for land to be in such a latitude. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain No less startling is the transformation of lagoon into salt marsh, and marsh into cultivable soil, witnessed between the Spanish frontier, Perpignan and Nîmes. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" The plain we crossed is either flinty, or presents spots of cultivable clay. Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred They seem to have been located without special reference to large areas of cultivable land, although they always command small areas of such land. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 Wherever exists a patch of cultivable soil, we see crops of rye, buckwheat and potatoes, some of these plots being only a few yards square, and to all appearances inaccessible. The Roof of France The extensive eucalyptus plantations in Algeria, teach us the value of afforesting, vast tracks having been thereby rendered healthful and cultivable. East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne There is neither sufficient land easily cultivable nor manufacturing resources to make her rich, to support her growing population according to the modern standards of comfort. The World Decision The cultivable space lies along the river, and the desert, lying on the north, has gained, by some means, the appellation of Norwalk. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Were it not for this dune, the site of the ruin would command one of the best areas of cultivable land in the canyon, but apparently an extensive outlook was not a desideratum. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 Although the population of the country is about seven millions, only one per cent, of its cultivable area is now occupied, yet Argentina has an incomparable climate. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America In the days of its prosperity Donington drew to itself the business of an agricultural neighbourhood which was so far cultivable as it rose above the level of desolate and foggy swamps. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders The only cultivable ground is on the banks of these rivers; but in spring time, after the winter snows have melted, the intervening plains afford good grazing for sheep.' Indian Frontier Policy; an historical sketch In fact, I came rightly to the conclusion that the more southerly the United States route, and the more northerly the British route—while always, in the latter case, keeping within cultivable range—the better. Canada and the States It overlooked a fine stretch of cultivable land on both sides of the canyon. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 The cultivable or arable land was divided into several—usually three—great grain fields. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Egypt has not more cultivable soil than Belgium, and would not make a fair sized State with us. Round the World Then periods must pass before the motion of the earth can be suspected; then before the map of the instincts and the cultivable powers can be drawn. Representative Men As matter of mere surface, and probably of cultivable area, also, more than half the Northern Continent of America owes allegiance to the Crown and to Queen Victoria. Canada and the States The site commands an extensive outlook over the canyon bottom, including several areas of cultivable land, and while it may have been occupied as a regular village, such occupancy could not have been long continued. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 The cultivable area of Egypt, or the space between desert and desert where cultivation would be possible, is now estimated at ten thousand square statute miles. The Earth as Modified by Human Action On the right was the cultivable though mostly uncultivated strip, long neglected and silted up with fine sand drifted into dunes, from which scattered, scraggy dom palms and prickly mimosa bushes grew. The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan Nevertheless, Hebert was able by unremitting industry to get the entire twelve arpents into cultivable shape within four or five years. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism We have been speaking of the development of agriculture on the small tracts of cultivable land in the great manufacturing States of New England. The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, It is not to be understood that such motive was wholly absent; it may have been present in some cases, but the dominating motive was always convenience to some adjacent area of cultivable land. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 This is about four-thirteenths of the cultivable soil of the kingdom. The Earth as Modified by Human Action The states along the Atlantic seaboard have all the facilities for successful intensive cultivation—a dense population and idle, cultivable land. Three Acres and Liberty Its nearest neighbour, Bellechasse, contained two hundred and twenty-seven persons, living upon three hundred and twenty arpents of cultivable land. The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism It is safe to say that not one-half of this land will ever prove to be cultivable in any sense. Letters of Franklin K. Lane Beyond this point they are rare, as the areas of cultivable land become scarce. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 And the statement that land, in the sense of cultivable soil, is a producer, or even one of the essentials of economic production, is anything but accurate. Evolution and Ethics The improved use of even our existing supply would be equivalent to an immediate extension of the cultivable acreage of our country—not to speak of the increase in health, economy, and domestic comfort. Character There is said to be a good deal of cultivable land on the upper Gila, and if a territory is created, it should embrace this. Memoir of the Proposed Territory of Arizona Surrounded with acres of cultivable land, she would possibly have preferred to lie down and die of hunger rather than have cultivated half an acre for food. Woman and Labour It is probable that the earliest settlements consisted of single houses or small clusters located in valleys convenient to areas of cultivable land and on streams or near water. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 The sites here are always selected with a view to an outlook over some adjacent area of cultivable land, and the structures erected on them were industrial or horticultural, rather than military or defensive. The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 |
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