. An economic study of farm layout .. . Fig. 92. a good farm layout in central new york Most of the fields aro of good size and shape. A four- or five-years rotation is followed. Fields .4 and C, B and G, H and I, and E and F have been farmed together, each pair of fields making up a course in the rotation. There are some unnecessary fences which could easily be removed Farm area, acres Average size of farmed fields, acres Average distance to farmed fields, 32 rods in that part of the State which was settled last, the western part. Even in this region, however, there is considerabl
. An economic study of farm layout .. . Fig. 92. a good farm layout in central new york Most of the fields aro of good size and shape. A four- or five-years rotation is followed. Fields .4 and C, B and G, H and I, and E and F have been farmed together, each pair of fields making up a course in the rotation. There are some unnecessary fences which could easily be removed Farm area, acres Average size of farmed fields, acres Average distance to farmed fields, 32 rods in that part of the State which was settled last, the western part. Even in this region, however, there is considerable opj^ortunity for improvement. In some cases the shape of the fields is the result of natural features, and rearrangement to secure fields of better shape is impossible. In
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