. An economic study of farm layout .. . Fig. 158. plan of a western new york farm in 1915 Farm area, acres Average size of fanned fields, aeres Average distani'e to farmed fields, (iO rods In 1916 the owner sold about 20 acres of his farm, and bought the run- down 90-acre farm adjoining his own on both sides of the road. The area sold comprised the fields L and M of the 1915 plan. These fields adjoined a neighbor's barn, and the owner was able to sell them to excellent advan- tage. They were bounded by a road on two sides, 7 per cent of thi>ir area thus being made untillable. The
. An economic study of farm layout .. . Fig. 158. plan of a western new york farm in 1915 Farm area, acres Average size of fanned fields, aeres Average distani'e to farmed fields, (iO rods In 1916 the owner sold about 20 acres of his farm, and bought the run- down 90-acre farm adjoining his own on both sides of the road. The area sold comprised the fields L and M of the 1915 plan. These fields adjoined a neighbor's barn, and the owner was able to sell them to excellent advan- tage. They were bounded by a road on two sides, 7 per cent of thi>ir area thus being made untillable. The plan of the combined farms as they appeared in 1916 is shown in figure 159. The newly bought farm had been owned by an old man who had rented a considerable proportion of the land for several years. The farm was divided into eight rather small
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