A river ran through it, the soil was tillable, and the land sloped at just the right angle for an irrigation system flowing through canals and groves in a natural, clockwork watering cycle.
32.
By 1890 approximately 97 % of the land in Cameron County was controlled by a group of 90 ranchers, who each owned between 1, 000 and more than 300, 000 acres of tillable soil and rangeland.
33.
In most of Central America, the vast majority of the tillable land is concentrated in the hands of a small number of owners, while millions of peasant families are lucky to own plots large enough for tiny houses.
34.
Despite its name, Wolftree Farm is for the most part re-grown woodland rather than tillable land, its succession toward mature woods having been defeated repeatedly by select ( high-grade ) logging in past decades.
35.
Tension was high as the numbers of potential settlers waiting in tents or makeshift dwellings increased in the anticipation running up to the opening up of the last large remaining portion of tillable land that still remained in the public domain.
36.
Lawyers drafting those lawsuits note that General William Tecumseh Sherman issued a military order promisng freed slaves " a plot of not more than 40 acres of tillable ground, " but his order was nullified by President Andrew Johnson.
37.
The small parcels of tillable land nearby are being abandoned as they become less able to yield an income worth hoeing for, and young people are leaving for the city to look for work, taking advantage of growing freedom of movement.
38.
Last year, though, Pittsford issued $ 10 million in bonds so it can pay Greene and six other farmers for promises not to sell their 1, 200 acres _ about 60 percent of the tillable land remaining in the town _ to developers.
39.
After 1706, the name was usually spelt with a G . The rootword is the Old High German " rod " and the Middle High German " rot ", meaning a place made tillable by clearing, or simply a clearing.
40.
Torrents that began in early July have destroyed 22, 000 homes and thousands of hectares ( acres ) of farmland and washed away roads, power lines and food supplies in Shaanxi province _ normally an arid swath of barely tillable hills, the China Daily reported.
How to say tillable in Hindi and what is the meaning of tillable in Hindi? tillable Hindi meaning, translation, pronunciation, synonyms and example sentences are provided by Hindlish.com.
