The Corn Belt Debate: Crops or Cattle?

“玉米带”的争论：种庄稼还是养牛？

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S1: Some parts of the continent were richer in vegetable foods, but the land contained no cultivated crops, or animals that could be domesticated, such as cattle and sheep.

大陆有些地区有较丰富的植物可食用，但那时没有人在这片土地上种植庄稼。这里也没有能被家养的动物，比如牛和羊。

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The yield of crops or the profits of a cattle sale usually fell bellow his estimate.

作物的收成或出售牲口的利润，往往低于他的估计。

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Landowners can resist reform by going to the courts, going to their friends, hiring guards, raising cattle instead of crops or reclassifying their property as industrial rather than agricultural.

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