We have already, in the facts mentioned in this chapter, an experimental basis for quite a number of means of improving our present methods of culture and of largely increasing the crops.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “We have already, in the facts mentioned in this chapter, an experimental basis for quite a number of means of improving…”
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Kropotkin emphasizes the importance of experimental approaches to improve agricultural methods and increase crop yields.
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