An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 An Economic Study of Farm Layout 409 exception to this rule. One of the striking facts brought out by an investi- gation of tractors in IlHnois^ is that a third of the tractor owners increased the size of their farms after purchasing tractors. In so far as tractors come to be used in this State, it may be expected that they will tend to continue the Fig. 77. plan of a southern new york farm This farm represents an extreme case in which twenty-two parcels of hind have been combined to form one farm of acres. The sc
An economic study of farm layout .. economicstudyoff00myer Year: 1920 An Economic Study of Farm Layout 409 exception to this rule. One of the striking facts brought out by an investi- gation of tractors in IlHnois^ is that a third of the tractor owners increased the size of their farms after purchasing tractors. In so far as tractors come to be used in this State, it may be expected that they will tend to continue the Fig. 77. plan of a southern new york farm This farm represents an extreme case in which twenty-two parcels of hind have been combined to form one farm of acres. The scattered, patchwork appearance of this farm shows the difficulties that have been encountered in trying to acquire enough land to make a farm of reasonable size process of combination of farms begun when the first labor-saving machine came into use, nearly a century ago. It may also reasonably be expected that the tractor will give greater impetus to the rearrangement of farms, because large fields are necessary for economical operation. ' Tractor experience in Illinois, page 7. Farmers' bul. 963. 1918. By Arnold P. Yerkes and L. M. Church. U. S. Dept. Agr.
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