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every grain he planted, one hundred bush¬ 
els for every bushel put in as seed. If he 
had planted a bushel on an acre of ground 
and got one hundred bushels in return it 
would be considered an enormous yield, 
and even a Western farmer would dance 
with delight at such a result; but if he 
had planted a bushel on ten acres of 
ground, and got the same hundred bush¬ 
els as before, the Mexican farmer would 
be as happy as ever, while the American 
farmer would begin to wonder if the old 
farm could stand a third mortgage or 
not. 
Of course the American will say that 
about a certain number of bushels are 
sown to the acre, and that one hundred 
for one or fifty for one really gives us a 
fair ratio in judging of the fertility of the 
land. But I would answer that in Mexico 
