An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 An Economic Study of Farm Layout 485 This lack of foresight has aheady cost a considerable amount in farm- ing unnecessary short rows. On some farms with Httle stock, lanes are unnecessarily wide and thus waste valuable crop land. The plan of a western New York farm is lA'OOiJS At^O PASTuaC- 7 5 3 I ki Fig. 129. plan of a western new tork fruit farm showing an unnecessary wide lane which occu- pies acres of tillable land between fields F AND G shown in figure 129. The lane between fields F and G is between 3 and 4 r

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An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 An Economic Study of Farm Layout 485 This lack of foresight has aheady cost a considerable amount in farm- ing unnecessary short rows. On some farms with Httle stock, lanes are unnecessarily wide and thus waste valuable crop land. The plan of a western New York farm is lA'OOiJS At^O PASTuaC- 7 5 3 I ki Fig. 129. plan of a western new tork fruit farm showing an unnecessary wide lane which occu- pies acres of tillable land between fields F AND G shown in figure 129. The lane between fields F and G is between 3 and 4 rods wide and occupies acres of crop land worth $125 an acre. This lane leads to a pasture in a creek bottom, used for pasturing colts and heifers. It is too distant from the barns to be used for pasturing other stock. Two cows are kept for home use. A lane leads from the barns

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