. An economic study of farm layout .. . Fig. 77. plan of a southern new york farm This farm represents an extreme case in which twenty-two parcels of hind have been combined to form one farm of acres. The scattered, patchwork appearance of this farm shows the difficulties that have been encountered in trying to acquire enough land to make a farm of reasonable size process of combination of farms begun when the first labor-saving machine came into use, nearly a century ago. It may also reasonably be expected that the tractor will give greater impetus to the rearrangement of farms, because
. An economic study of farm layout .. . Fig. 77. plan of a southern new york farm This farm represents an extreme case in which twenty-two parcels of hind have been combined to form one farm of acres. The scattered, patchwork appearance of this farm shows the difficulties that have been encountered in trying to acquire enough land to make a farm of reasonable size process of combination of farms begun when the first labor-saving machine came into use, nearly a century ago. It may also reasonably be expected that the tractor will give greater impetus to the rearrangement of farms, because large fields are necessary for economical operation. ' Tractor experience in Illinois, page 7. Farmers' bul. 963. 1918. By Arnold P. Yerkes and L. M. Church. U. S. Dept. Agr.
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