. Better business. Better farming. Agriculture; Irrigation. THE FARMSTEAD. 11 FARM LAYOUTS. There is presented here a suggestion for the layout of a 40-acre irrigated farm, planned to permit diversified farming—crop rotation and live-stock handling. The plan provides 2£ acres for buildings, lots, gardens, etc.; 2^ acres for alfalfa hog pasture; and two tracts of 2£ acres each for permanent mixed pasture. These small tracts are connected by a lane which in turn connects the four fields which are laid out for crop rotation. These fields may or may not be divided by fences. The farmstead, or buil
. Better business. Better farming. Agriculture; Irrigation. THE FARMSTEAD. 11 FARM LAYOUTS. There is presented here a suggestion for the layout of a 40-acre irrigated farm, planned to permit diversified farming—crop rotation and live-stock handling. The plan provides 2£ acres for buildings, lots, gardens, etc.; 2^ acres for alfalfa hog pasture; and two tracts of 2£ acres each for permanent mixed pasture. These small tracts are connected by a lane which in turn connects the four fields which are laid out for crop rotation. These fields may or may not be divided by fences. The farmstead, or buildings and grounds, is placed in the north- east corner of the farm where the irrigation water is received, this K 20 rods—: -* 2^ ACRES PERMANENT MIXED PASTURE MUM 'FIELD NO.|1 ! ^ACRES | I FIELD I I | CROP | I ROTATION r i : I ! I ! I 2'/z ACRES PERMANENT MIXED PASTURE FIELD NO. 2 1% ACRES FIELD CROP ROTATION. 2/2 ACRES BUILDINGS LOTS GARDEN ORCHARD 11889 |i||i|7^|wcresi| i 'iI'I';dvii'i I I , CRttS, rq'taiti m U iMi If Hi i 1 ! being the high corner of the farm, and the water may be handled with convenience from the farm headquarters. It is assumed that the slope of this farm is regular and to the south and west. The small pasture tracts should be well leveled and irrigated by the check system. The layout of the farm ditches is shown on the drawing. If the land were well leveled and of a good texture for irrigation, the border system, as shown in field No. 1, could be used to advantage, the borders being from 40 to 50 feet in width. If the land is of a sandy type and a good head of water is available, the check system, as indicated for field No. 2. could be used, using checks of a little less than 2 acres each. For land of less level character and where the flooding from lateral system of irrigation is followed the lateral system as indicated for field No. 3 is used. These laterals would be spaced from 50 to. Please note that these images are extracted from sca
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