An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 474 W. I. Myers a fenced field, it is necessary to go around to the gate. When fields are fenced thei'e is a tendency to turn stock on them at times when the crops and the land will be injured. Fence fines occupy a considerable area of land (figs. 124 and 125). In addition to the land that is left untilled, there is a waste in the crops that are injured along a fence by turning. The actual loss by fences is i^'obably double the figures given in table 18 (page 469). The cost of maintaining fences is an important item and it
An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 474 W. I. Myers a fenced field, it is necessary to go around to the gate. When fields are fenced thei'e is a tendency to turn stock on them at times when the crops and the land will be injured. Fence fines occupy a considerable area of land (figs. 124 and 125). In addition to the land that is left untilled, there is a waste in the crops that are injured along a fence by turning. The actual loss by fences is i^'obably double the figures given in table 18 (page 469). The cost of maintaining fences is an important item and it is rapidly be- FlG. 124. UNNECESSARY WASTE OF LAND BY FENCING Every rod of this fence wastes land worth $1, besides furnishing an ideal protection for weeds, brush, and woodchucks. Field fcncrs are unnecessary in this region since little stock is kept coming more important. The actual cost of maintenance varies with the type of fence. It was probably between 5 and 10 cents a rod a year on most farms in 1919, when this study was made. In unfenced fields the aftermath and stubble not pastured are not entirely wasted if left on the land, as th(\v serve as green manure and help to keep up the supply of hvunus. Th(^ value of the feed from meadows depends on the cost of the feed which it replacc^s. If it replaces ]iasture, its value is appi'oximately equal to the cost of pasture, usually about $1 to $2 a month for each cow. If
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