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produce, if it be considered that three trees yield more nutri¬ 
tive matter than an acre of wheat, and six trees more than 
an acre of potatoes. An acre of sago, if cut down at one har. 
vest, will yield 5,220 bushels or as much as 163 acres of wheat, 
so that, according as we allow 7 or 15 years for the growth of 
a tree, an acre of sago is equal in annual produce to 23 or 10 
acres of wheat. 
