An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 420 W. I. Myers fields of moderate size, the oblong shape is the best. The most desirable proportions depend somewhat on the size of the field and on the number of operations to be performed crosswise of the field. Oblong fields from one and one-half to three times as long as their width are usually satisfactory (fig. 88). Small fields should be proportionally longer than large fields, in order to provide longer rows. Fields long in proportion to their width are very conveniert for plowing and other operations performed le
An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 420 W. I. Myers fields of moderate size, the oblong shape is the best. The most desirable proportions depend somewhat on the size of the field and on the number of operations to be performed crosswise of the field. Oblong fields from one and one-half to three times as long as their width are usually satisfactory (fig. 88). Small fields should be proportionally longer than large fields, in order to provide longer rows. Fields long in proportion to their width are very conveniert for plowing and other operations performed length- wise, ])ut are inconvenient for dragging or cultivating crosswise. They Fig. 88. a larue rectangular field adapted to economical operation This field is lOf) rods long and 10 rods wide also require more travel with an empty wagon. In New York State little cultivating is done crosswise, and hence this drawback is not impor- tant. When a tractor is used, the length of the field is the most important consideration. The importance of the effect of shape of field on labor varies inversely with the size of the field. The smaller the field, the more important is its shape; the larger tlie field, the less important shape becomes. Even the short rows in a large field may be longer than the longest rows in a small field. A dozen short rows in a 2-acre field may mean a considerable proportion of time wasted, while the effect of the same number of short rows on th(> labor necessary to farm a 20-acre field would be small.
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