Taking the powers of man over the land and over the forces of nature--such as they are at the present day--we can maintain that two to three inhabitants to each cultivable acre of land would not yet be too much.
He estimates that a population density of two to three inhabitants per cultivable acre is sustainable with current agricultural practices.
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