A LITTLE LAND 

 AND A LIVING 



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intensively cultivated fields for permanent pas- 

 ture, may be seen from the following table of the 

 product of an acre in various crops. 



In the first case two acres of land are required 

 for each animal. In the latter, the two acres 

 will feed six animals and leave six-ttenths of 

 enough to feed another. [Merely a difference in 

 what is raised. 



By calling to our aid the latest scientific cul- 

 ture of food products we can show even a 

 greater difference than in the feeding of cattle. 



One irrigated acre has for thirty years given 

 Samuel Cleeks of Orland, Glenn County, Cali- 

 fornia, a larger net income and a better home 

 than many of his neighbors get from hundreds 

 of acres apiece. Mr. Cleeks saves an average of 



