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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “This figure alone is the best answer to those who are fond of talking about the extraordinary fertility of the soil…”

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This figure alone is the best answer to those who are fond of talking about the extraordinary fertility of the soil, each time they are told of some success in agriculture.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin critiques the narrative around soil fertility by highlighting agricultural success in Central France.

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