Quote from the Old Farmer's Almanac

A man's consequence is not measured by the size of his farm. The important question is "Does he husband it well?" Occupy no more ground than you can improve in the best manner, and to the greatest advantage; for it is too prevalent a fault to cultivate imperfectly a great deal of land with much labor and expense without order, method, calculation, or profit.

- The Old Farmer's Almanac 1825