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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “I saw, for instance, three-fourths of an acre heated for the first three months of the year, from which about eight tons…”

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I saw, for instance, three-fourths of an acre heated for the first three months of the year, from which about eight tons of tomatoes and about 200 lb. of French beans had been taken as a first crop in April, to be followed by two crops more.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin shares a specific example of successful crop yields from a small greenhouse, illustrating effective agricultural practices.

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