Almost every year brings some new, often unexpected improvement in the art of agriculture, which for so many centuries had been dormant.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Almost every year brings some new, often unexpected improvement in the art of agriculture, which for so many centuries…”
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Kropotkin highlights the continuous advancements in agricultural practices that have emerged after a long period of stagnation.
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