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DelusionaL on June 12, 2006 - 11:36pm

Hand labor? in country oil reserves? Horses and oxen? for food production. I don't think that they had electric tractors...How people moved in towns doesn't interest me as much as ag. Without ag...?

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AlanfromBigEasy on June 12, 2006 - 11:50pm

In country food reserves, most Swiss agriculture is alpine (i.e. herding). Every square meter was hand planted in cities & towns. Nearby areas suitable for row crops were tilled by hand (also grapes & orchards). And agriculture got the oil that was left over after the army training, police and medical uses.

Potatoes. for example, can be cultivated by hand quite effectively.

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