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Would a southeastern USA family farm with forty acres and a mule have been sustainable in the late 19th Century? At what point would it be unlikely to produce marketable surplus? At what point would it be unlikely to produce subsistence?

by /u/edwardtaughtme in /r/AskHistorians

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