Areas to be cultivated to feed the inhabitants (in acres):—
Corn and cereals ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 494,000
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Natural and artificial meadows ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 494,000
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Vegetables and fruit ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | from 17,300 to 25,000
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Leaving a balance for houses, roads, parks, forests ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 494,000
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Quantity of annual work necessary to improve and cultivate the above surfaces in five-hour work-days:—
Cereals (culture and crop) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 15,000,000
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Meadows, milk, rearing of cattle ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 10,000,000
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Market-gardening culture, high-class fruit ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 33,000,000
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Extras ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ | 12,000,000
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If we suppose that half only of the able-bodied adults (men and women) are willing to work at agriculture, we see that 70 million work-days must be divided among 1,200,000 individuals, which gives us 58 work-days of 5 hours for each of these workers. With that the population of the two departments would have all necessary bread, meat, milk, vegetables, and fruit, both ordinary and luxury. To-day a workman spends for the necessary food of his family (generally less than what is necessary) at least one-third of his 300 work-days a year, about 1000 hours be it, instead of 290. That is, he thus gives about 700 hours too much to fatten the idle and the would-be administrators, because he does not produce
