Quotation from: The Valley of the Moon

Written by: Jack London

"By bein' wise to farmin'. Why, the whole blame family works.
They ain't ashamed to roll up their sleeves an' dig--sons an'
daughters an' daughter-in-laws, old man, old woman, an' the
babies. They have a sayin' that a kid four years old that can't
pasture one cow on the county road an' keep it fat ain't worth
his salt. Why, the Silvas, the whole tribe of 'em, works a
hundred acres in peas, eighty in tomatoes, thirty in asparagus,
ten in pie-plant, forty in cucumbers, an'--oh, stacks of other
things."