Effect of Climate and Soil upon Agriculture 5 
for an average family living. For example, on some of the table 
lands in western Nebraska a section and a half of land at present 
produces plant food about equivalent in value to that produced on 
a quarter section of upland in the southeastern part of the state. 
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Actual measurements show that the total capital, labor, and profits 
on average farms well adapted to western conditions are about the 
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