However splendid, a meadow remains a meadow, much inferior in productivity to a corn-field; and the fine breeds of cattle appear to be poor creatures as long as each ox requires three acres of land to be fed upon.
Kropotkin argues that meadows are less productive than corn-fields, highlighting agricultural inefficiencies.
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