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It Were Good To Know How Much Hay An Acre Of Every Sort Will Bear; How Many Cattle The Same Weight Of Each Sort Of Hay Will Feed And Fatten; What Quantity Of Grain And Other Commodities The Same Acre Will Bear In One, Three Or Seven Years; Unto What Use Each Soil Is Proper; All Which Particulars I Call Intrinsic Value, For There Is Also Another Value Merely Accidental Or Extrinsic.
-William Petty
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It Were Good To Know How Much

William Petty
It Were Good To Know How Much Hay An Acre Of Every Sort Will Bear; How Many Cattle The Same Weight Of Each Sort Of Hay Will Feed And Fatten; What Quantity Of Grain And Other Commodities The Same Acre Will Bear In One, Three Or Seven Years; Unto What Use Each Soil Is Proper; All Which Particulars I Call Intrinsic Value, For There Is Also Another Value Merely Accidental Or Extrinsic.
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