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Animal Foodstuffs: Their Production and Consumption, with a Special Reference to the British Empire

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THIS book provides a comprehensive and very interesting survey of the production and consumption of animal foodstuffs, considered especially from the economic point of view. An interesting historical survey is included, which starts with the use made of animal foodstuffs by earlier generations and traces the gradually increasing demand for, and consequent development of, the supplies of these materials. Part i. of the book gives a detailed survey of the production of the various animal foodstuffs in the more important countries of the world.

Animal Foodstuffs: Their Production and Consumption, with a Special Reference to the British Empire.

A Study in Economic Geography and Agricultural Economics. By Dr. E. W. Shanahan. (Studies in Economics and Political Science.) Pp. viii + 331. (London: George Routledge and Sons, Ltd.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1920.) Price 10s. 6d. net.

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Animal Foodstuffs: Their Production and Consumption, with a Special Reference to the British Empire . Nature 105, 513–514 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105513a0

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