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tools , and stock , necessary for its cultivation ; the former the equally necessary labour . The produce is divided between them , generally in equal shares , from which division the name ( métayer , medietarius ) is derived .
tools , and stock , necessary for its cultivation ; the former the equally necessary labour . The produce is divided between them , generally in equal shares , from which division the name ( métayer , medietarius ) is derived .
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They altogether overlooked that the profit , or increase , ' - that is , whatever surplus of the gross produce remains after repaying the expenses of cultivation , -is all that falls to the share of the cultivator ; and that this itself ...
They altogether overlooked that the profit , or increase , ' - that is , whatever surplus of the gross produce remains after repaying the expenses of cultivation , -is all that falls to the share of the cultivator ; and that this itself ...
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That the same spirit which originally brought into cultivation our oldest and richest crofts still prevails among the peasantry of this country , is proved by the patches which we see cribbed in defiance of the law from the margins of ...
That the same spirit which originally brought into cultivation our oldest and richest crofts still prevails among the peasantry of this country , is proved by the patches which we see cribbed in defiance of the law from the margins of ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE On the Coincidence of | 1 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY DEDUCED | 40 |
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