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... less than standard . ↑ N. B. The wheat boll in this county is 52.941 per cent . above ftandard . The wheat boll in this county is 16.63 per cent . above ftandard . The wheat boll in this county is 202,184 per cent , above standard ...
... less than standard . ↑ N. B. The wheat boll in this county is 52.941 per cent . above ftandard . The wheat boll in this county is 16.63 per cent . above ftandard . The wheat boll in this county is 202,184 per cent , above standard ...
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... less than half of the present standard wheat boll , and alfo less than one - third of the prefent ftandard boll of oats or barley , being to the wheat boll as 1 to 2.1735 , and to the barley boll as 1 to 3.1953 . From the year 1426 to ...
... less than half of the present standard wheat boll , and alfo less than one - third of the prefent ftandard boll of oats or barley , being to the wheat boll as 1 to 2.1735 , and to the barley boll as 1 to 3.1953 . From the year 1426 to ...
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... less than the preventing those unspeakable mifchiefs in the community , ' which arife , according to him , from mankind's remaining unacquainted with the wonderful fabric of the human ftructure , and continu- ing ignorant of the ...
... less than the preventing those unspeakable mifchiefs in the community , ' which arife , according to him , from mankind's remaining unacquainted with the wonderful fabric of the human ftructure , and continu- ing ignorant of the ...
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... less intimate , the more immediate the action is . As I can act more immediately on the bodies in my chamber , than on those fituated at the outfide of my windows , I fhall fay , I am nearer placed , or more prefent to the firft than ...
... less intimate , the more immediate the action is . As I can act more immediately on the bodies in my chamber , than on those fituated at the outfide of my windows , I fhall fay , I am nearer placed , or more prefent to the firft than ...
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... less , as the whole think fit , in one aggregate fum , in one or more hands for the public good . Officers , chofen by all to hold and difpenfe this delegated power , H 3 arc are in truft only , confequently refponfible to their ...
... less , as the whole think fit , in one aggregate fum , in one or more hands for the public good . Officers , chofen by all to hold and difpenfe this delegated power , H 3 arc are in truft only , confequently refponfible to their ...
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