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Ownership of draught cattle is an important qualitative indicator of property size.
The livestock element has tended to be viewed by scientists as an adjunct to crops, to which it contributes manure and draught power.
The deep draught estuary was easy to defend since it had a narrow mouth surrounded by mountains.
In some units entrance doors were tied open to facilitate access, resulting in heat-loss and draughts within the building.
Where farmers owned draught animals, animal traction was used for land preparation.
The play closes with the scene being raked by the down draught of two helicopters.
Of course water transport of construction timber was vastly more cost-effective in this period than overland haulage by draught animals.
Your cup full, you quaff the cool refreshing draught and give thanks.
These include reduced draught power, due to chronic forms of the disease.
Further, the large scale of the basin made it difficult to prevent draughts in the laboratory from generating surface waves.
I think doctors ought to be able to give you a sleeping draught.
He employs family or paid labour and in some areas may have access to draught power and tillage equipment.
Additionally, some of the livestock are used as draught animals.
Available sources are insufficient to draw any conclusions except for the number of draught animals, that is horses and oxen.
The veil is always present, blocking the draught of visual exchange and creating a distance between subject and object, allowing no binocular visual contact.
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