British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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Stranica 63
... canals dividing the fields into exact proportions . Each narrow strip of plantation preserves the name it was given by its original owner , although many old plantations are grouped together to form one unit . The old plantation names ...
... canals dividing the fields into exact proportions . Each narrow strip of plantation preserves the name it was given by its original owner , although many old plantations are grouped together to form one unit . The old plantation names ...
Stranica 75
... canals . All the larger plan- tations have some 250 miles of irrigation and transport canals and about eighty miles of drainage trenches -- so that a large percentage of estate land cannot be used agriculturally . The cost of ...
... canals . All the larger plan- tations have some 250 miles of irrigation and transport canals and about eighty miles of drainage trenches -- so that a large percentage of estate land cannot be used agriculturally . The cost of ...
Stranica 82
... canals , rice fields and flood fallows were ideal for him and in wet weather he bred in the house - drains and the pools formed on the house lots . All villages near the cane fields were extremely malarial , while those nearest the sea ...
... canals , rice fields and flood fallows were ideal for him and in wet weather he bred in the house - drains and the pools formed on the house lots . All villages near the cane fields were extremely malarial , while those nearest the sea ...
Stranica 91
... canals and trenches account for 24,000 acres , pasture 25,000 , and the rest is given over to rice fields , ground pro- visions and dwelling areas . Seen in this way it is reasonable that less than 50 per cent should be under cane ...
... canals and trenches account for 24,000 acres , pasture 25,000 , and the rest is given over to rice fields , ground pro- visions and dwelling areas . Seen in this way it is reasonable that less than 50 per cent should be under cane ...
Stranica 111
... canals and I have to keep an eagle eye to see they're working all right . Sometimes I go up in Bookers ' Auster to have a look at the crop from the air , but the back of a mule gives you a good height to see how the cane's standing . I ...
... canals and I have to keep an eagle eye to see they're working all right . Sometimes I go up in Bookers ' Auster to have a look at the crop from the air , but the back of a mule gives you a good height to see how the cane's standing . I ...
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