An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 422 W. I. Myers There are many factors that make difficuh or even impossible the task of enlarging farm fields to the size most desirable. On some farms, physi- FlG. 84. A LARGE FARM DIVIDED INTO TWENTY-ONE CROP FIELDS AVERAGING 12 ACRES EACH Farm area, acres Average size of farmed fields, 12 acres Average distance to farmed fields, 70 rods cal features will partially prevent the combining of small fields into larger fields. ()n other farms, the prospective savings with larger fields do not justify the expense nec

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An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 422 W. I. Myers There are many factors that make difficuh or even impossible the task of enlarging farm fields to the size most desirable. On some farms, physi- FlG. 84. A LARGE FARM DIVIDED INTO TWENTY-ONE CROP FIELDS AVERAGING 12 ACRES EACH Farm area, acres Average size of farmed fields, 12 acres Average distance to farmed fields, 70 rods cal features will partially prevent the combining of small fields into larger fields. ()n other farms, the prospective savings with larger fields do not justify the expense necessary to make them. On many farms, however,

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