An economic study of farm An economic study of farm layout .. . economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 An Economic Study of Farm Layout 523 50-acre fields requires but 6000 turns. More important than the saving in turning by the farming of large fields is the gain in eflficiency result- FlG. 142. THE FARM SHOWN IN FIGURE 141, AFTER REARRANGEMENT Instead of sixty-nine small, irregular rrop fields, there are now five main crop fields averaging 50 acres each, convenient to the buildings. The average distance to the farmed fields is GO rods Farm area, acres Average size of farmed fields,
An economic study of farm An economic study of farm layout .. . economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 An Economic Study of Farm Layout 523 50-acre fields requires but 6000 turns. More important than the saving in turning by the farming of large fields is the gain in eflficiency result- FlG. 142. THE FARM SHOWN IN FIGURE 141, AFTER REARRANGEMENT Instead of sixty-nine small, irregular rrop fields, there are now five main crop fields averaging 50 acres each, convenient to the buildings. The average distance to the farmed fields is GO rods Farm area, acres Average size of farmed fields, acres Average distance to farmed fields, 60 rods ing from the driving of more horses to each man and the use of larger machines. Dragging is done with four horses instead of two. A four- horse drill has replaced the two-horse drills and a four-horse binder is
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