An economic study of farm An economic study of farm layout .. . economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 502 W. I. Myers of it because of its convenience to travelers. The greater part of the area of the roadside cropped on these farms was in general crops. On some farms road fences were not maintained and the fields were tilled to the road ditch, all the land not actually occupied by the road being thus utilized. The usual width of a country highway in New York is 3 rods, but occasional highways are 4 or even 5 rods wide. The public has the right to free and uninterrupted use for highway purposes o
An economic study of farm An economic study of farm layout .. . economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 502 W. I. Myers of it because of its convenience to travelers. The greater part of the area of the roadside cropped on these farms was in general crops. On some farms road fences were not maintained and the fields were tilled to the road ditch, all the land not actually occupied by the road being thus utilized. The usual width of a country highway in New York is 3 rods, but occasional highways are 4 or even 5 rods wide. The public has the right to free and uninterrupted use for highway purposes of such a proportion Fig. \'M. a stone row which renders iseeess an acre of land worth SlOO By clearing away these ^^tones a strip of Innd L' rods widi' eould l)e added to tlie adjoining field of this land as is necessary for the traffic. The actual width of a well- graded dirt road is very seldom more than H rods, while the width of macadam roads is usually less than 2 rods. The traveled area of many countiy roads is less than 1 rod in width. Where the roads are fenced, the balance of the right of way is usually covered with grass, weeds, and brush. The state highway law requires each property owner to mow his roadsides twice each year. They are usually mowed once, but the hay obtained is dusty and of very poor ciuality. Most farmers would be ghid if some one would mow their roadsides for the hay. In other words, the I'oadsides of most farms are worse than merely useless, since constant expense is necessary to keep the weeds down. Road fences are
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