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Maclura pomifera (Raf
... also as hedge, hedge-apple, bodark, bois-d'arc, bowwood, and naranjo chino, it made agricultural settlement of the prairies possible (though not profitable), led directly to the invention of barbed wire ... ,36). Solis and Topography Even within the limited native range, growth of Osage-orange before agricultural settlement was restricted to about 26 000 km˛ (10,000 mi˛) , and probably half that area ...
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The Beaver
... beaver pelts were a major component, provided much of the impetus for early exploration and settlement of the continent. The trappers of the first two-thirds of the 19th century being ... Civil War (1864) by General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union army. It is now an agricultural trading centre (dairy, cattle, and poultry); its manufactures include bricks and textiles. Nearby is New ...
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FLORA OF NORTH AMERICA - Volume 1, Chapter 9
... Mexico, were represented. Some 1500 years later the Lower Sonoran agricultural complex developed. In addition to the plants from the earlier agricultural complex, it included other squashes (Cucurbita mixta and C. ... boundaries of the United States (R.I. Ford 1985b; G.P. Nabhan 1985). Following the settlement by Europeans, the agriculture of North America soon underwent a drastic change as crops ...
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Silent Sentinel
... ), the Stone House had a role in both conflicts. Early Settlement of the Area The history of the land on which ... the previous year, due it was thought to diminished number of agricultural products being carried to market." This decline, combined with his advancing ... of the diminished use of the turnpike by farmers and agricultural merchants. By 1836, the Winchester and Potomac Railroad Company had ...
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Growing Bamboo in the Landscape
... 20 feet or more, with culms growing to about one inch in diameter. Before European settlement, some stands of cane grew to a much larger size. William Bartram mentions one grove ... grew abundantly in "canebrakes" throughout the Southeast. A good portion of the Southeast's best agricultural land was formerly occupied by canebrakes. This species is rarely available in commerce and usually ...
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History of Barbados
... archaeological discoveries unearthed at the site of Port St. Charles. Artifacts and evidence point to settlement some time around 1623 B.C. The first indigenous people were Amerindians who arrived here ... and/or rings made of copper and gold alloys (History of Barbados). They were an agricultural people and grew cotton, cassava, corn, peanuts, guavas, and papaws (papaya). The cotton was woven ...
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CPC Plant Profile - National Collection of Endangered Plants
... species, more than half of the known populations have been destroyed, mainly because of agricultural clearing and residential and industrial development. (USFWS 1995) Smooth-Purple Coneflower has historically always ... plant. Its habitat is restricted to open sites with low competition. Prior to European settlement, forest openings were more common. Such openings were most likely maintained by fire ...
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LewHistSoil
... LewHistSoil The Settlement of Lewiston: DEFINING PERSEVERANCE Joan Shaw View of Red Rock Pass, site of breach and ... physical labor needed for simple day-to-day tasks is enough to make present-day agricultural workers shudder. Moreover, drainage, wind, and soil instability were only part of the difficulties these ...
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ECSONG: The Nuttery: 12(1) 1993
... be part of this research. The Indians of Akwesasne may be interested; also the local agricultural community. Possible that private land may be included. One possible project is the grafting of ... River from its mouth to its source. The point of departure, Carillon, is an old settlement on the Ottawa River, 42 miles west of Montreal. [Source: National Archives of Canada, MG ...
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ECSONG: The Nuttery: 23(1) 2004
... . This last was introduced into our region by monastic communities from the beginning of European settlement. The butternut is now naturalized but it is recommended to plant only in the best ... are prone to a disease, called mouse-ear, that causes abnormal tree growth and development, Agricultural Research Service scientists in Byron, Ga., have discovered. Other heavy metals such as zinc, cadmium ...
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