"Every one knows that a really good farmer leaves his farm more valuable..."
To presume that "Everyone" shares any knowledge is presumptive and way to far reaching. Because It speaks to a male dominated hegemony, for me this phrase undetermines any value potentially gained through this discussion.
Additionally, the examples of wasted resources indicated (Soil, forests and waterways) reflect the language and values of the time (i.e. Turn of the 19th).
I am not suggesting that these three examples are not stil relevant, but rather through exclusion of additional contemporary resources, this discussion, for me, becomes "quaint" and loses value beyond historical relevance.
As a sidebar, the reference to "savagery to civilization" also further underscores the earlier mentioned hegemony.
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