The borders of Poland exhibited a scene of great fertility and successful agricultural enterprise.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
The great abundance of water, fertility of soil, and luxuriant vegetation made an earthly paradise of it, while the extensive ruins of the city of Crocodilopolis drew thither hundreds of curious tourists.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
It would depend, however, not exclusively on the individual labourer's own efficiency, but also on the fertility of the soil and the general efficiency of the rest of the labouring community.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae