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41Agriculture in the Soviet Union — was organized into a system of state and collective farms, known as sovkhozes and kolkhozes, respectively. Organized on a large scale and relatively highly mechanized, the Soviet Union was one of the world s leading producers of cereals, although …
42Agistment — To agist is, in English law, to take cattle to graze, for a remuneration. Agistment, in the first instance, referred more particularly to the proceeds of pasturage in the king s forests, but now means either (a) the contract for taking in and… …
43Sarakatsani — (Σαρακατσάνοι) Karakachani (Каракачани) Sarakatsani children in Kotel, Bulgaria. Total population unknown Regions with significant populatio …
44Strays of York — The Strays of York is a collective name for four areas of open land, comprising in all over 800 acres (3.2 km2), within the City of York. Their individual names are Bootham Stray, Micklegate Stray (which includes the Knavesmire and Hob Moor) …
45History of Norwalk, Connecticut — This is an article on the history of Norwalk, Connecticut. For history of the state see the article History of Connecticut. Archaeological evidence suggests substantial pre contact Norwalk inhabitancy by human beings; artifacts found near Ward… …
46alfalfa — /al fal feuh/, n. a plant, Medicago sativa, of the legume family, usually having bluish purple flowers, originating in the Near East and widely cultivated as a forage crop. Also called lucerne, purple medic. [1835 45; < Sp, var. of alfalfez <… …
47Sakha — or Yakut Siberian people who speak a Turkic language. Most were formerly seminomadic, raising cattle and horses. They lived in winter settlements of earth covered log huts and summer camps of conical birch bark tents near pasturage and sources of …
48Sinkiang, Uygur Autonomous Region of — ▪ autonomous region, China Introduction Uygur also spelled Uighur, Chinese (Wade Giles) Hsin chiang Wei wu erh Tzu chih ch ü, (Pinyin) Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu, autonomous region occupying the northwestern corner of China. It is… …
49Spain — • This name properly signifies the whole peninsula which forms the south western extremity of Europe. Since the political separation of Portugal, however, the name has gradually come to be restricted to the largest of the four political divisions …
50Desert (in the Bible) — Desert (in the Bible) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Desert (in the Bible) The Hebrew words translated in the Douay Version of the Bible by desert or wilderness , and usually rendered by the Vulgate desertum, solitude , or occasionally… …
