Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . f fields are called for,one for the major rotation consisting of large fields, and the other for theminor, made up of small fields. The latter should lie adjacent to the 1 Courtesy of The Macmillan Company, N. Y. From Farm Management, by Warren. 854 SUCCESSFUL FARMING farmstead. The small fields, if not immediately adjacent to the farm-stead, should be connected with it by short lanes, and these should generallybe fenced. Such fields will be most frequently used for summer forage a
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . f fields are called for,one for the major rotation consisting of large fields, and the other for theminor, made up of small fields. The latter should lie adjacent to the 1 Courtesy of The Macmillan Company, N. Y. From Farm Management, by Warren. 854 SUCCESSFUL FARMING farmstead. The small fields, if not immediately adjacent to the farm-stead, should be connected with it by short lanes, and these should generallybe fenced. Such fields will be most frequently used for summer forage andpasture purposes. Farm Lanes, Roads and Fences.—Farm lanes should be sufficientlywide for the convenient passage of all types of farm machinery to and fromthe fields, and where gates are necessary, they should be sufficiently wideto permit the passage of wide machines, such as hay-rakes and should a lane be less than two rods in width. Lanes that arefenced and through which livestock frequently pass may be considerablywider, providing they can be pastured. Such lanes are fully utilized and. A Good Farm provide for some latitude in the roadway in case the road becomes toobad and difficult for heavy hauling. The ideal road arrangement is to have the public road pass throughthe center of the farm. While this takes more of the farm land than whenthe road passes along the border of the farm, the saving in time in reachingall parts of the farm over a good public road more than offsets the loss inland. Where such roads are available, farmers are advised to have theirbuildings all on one side. To have the house on one side and the barn onthe other is both dangerous and inconvenient. Such an arrangement callsfor fences and gates to keep the livestock within the farm fields and out ofthe public highway. If such provision is not made, stock may be injuredby automobiles, or passersby may be injured as a result of the stock beingin the highway. Unnecessary fences
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