. An economic study of farm layout .. . Fig. 132. another uneconomic wood- lot OCCUPYING TILLABLE LAND TOO VALUABLE FOR TIMBER PRODUCTION This woodlot is being gradually cleared for cultivation, the work being done in slack periods. Nearly all of this farm south of the road was originally swampy pasture. It was reclaimed for cultivation by a complete .system of tile drains. ()nly valuable crop land would be worth reclaiming at such expense. Small fields are nec- essary on this farm as the land is largely devoted to truck crops Farm area, acres Average size of farmed fields, 4 acres Avera
. An economic study of farm layout .. . Fig. 132. another uneconomic wood- lot OCCUPYING TILLABLE LAND TOO VALUABLE FOR TIMBER PRODUCTION This woodlot is being gradually cleared for cultivation, the work being done in slack periods. Nearly all of this farm south of the road was originally swampy pasture. It was reclaimed for cultivation by a complete .system of tile drains. ()nly valuable crop land would be worth reclaiming at such expense. Small fields are nec- essary on this farm as the land is largely devoted to truck crops Farm area, acres Average size of farmed fields, 4 acres Average distance to farmed fields, 52 rods
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