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best for one kind of produce , another for another . Certain qualities of land are adapted to small holdings ; other qualities are so inappropriate as to spell the ruin of the small occupier . Even where the land is suitable , it does ...
best for one kind of produce , another for another . Certain qualities of land are adapted to small holdings ; other qualities are so inappropriate as to spell the ruin of the small occupier . Even where the land is suitable , it does ...
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Even in this direction they are seriously handicapped by the smallness of their capital and the perishable nature of their produce . If they cannot get a market for their garden - stuff at the moment when it is ready for sale ...
Even in this direction they are seriously handicapped by the smallness of their capital and the perishable nature of their produce . If they cannot get a market for their garden - stuff at the moment when it is ready for sale ...
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then the foreign produce is carried at cheaper rates , and in quicker trains . The result is that the advantages which greater proximity to the market should give to home producers are reversed in favour of the foreigner .
then the foreign produce is carried at cheaper rates , and in quicker trains . The result is that the advantages which greater proximity to the market should give to home producers are reversed in favour of the foreigner .
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