36 A STUDY OF FARM EQUIPMENT IN OHIO. 



2^ tons to the acre from 28 acres would tax the capacity of the 

 mows provided on the average farm (165.88 acres), and straw would 

 ordinarily have to be stacked outside, especially if corn stover were 

 shredded. 



The units of space for field products are well understood, however, 

 in comparison with those for live stock and general farm purposes. 

 The averages presented are simply those of actual conditions on a 

 small number of farms, and it is a matter of common observation 

 that most farm buildings can not be regarded as models of economy 

 and convenience. Units of space for each class of live stock, includ- 

 ing the area occupied by the animal itself, the racks or mangers, 

 alleys, and the feed of the animal, would be of great assistance in 

 the planning of buildings for economy of space. These units can 

 not be worked out satisfactorily on theoretical grounds, but should 

 be obtained from a careful study of the best farm practice. 



FENCES. 



The study of the extent of fence on the group of 21 farms yielded 

 some interesting data which are presented in Tables XI and XII. 

 Table XI gives the total rods of fence maintained by each farm, 

 divided into outside (line) fence, inside fence, and road fence. Only 

 the total fence kept up by the owner is represented; hence, the 

 amount of line fence should be doubled in order to get the total 

 number of rods touching the farm. The first cost of fence per acre 

 is affected not only by the character of the fence but by the number 

 of rods per acre. The effect of a large extent of road fence on the 

 number of rods per acre may be seen on farms 7 and 8, having 284.1 

 and 333.9 rods of road fence, respectively, maldng the average rods 

 per acre 13 and 10.4, respectively, as contrasted with farms 1 and 

 2, which have 6.1 and 4.9 rods per acre, respectively, of road fence. 

 The term "road fence" includes river or other outside fence not 

 shared by the adjacent owner. Naturally, the smaller farms show 

 a greater extent of fence per acre than the larger, but this is not 

 necessarily always true. The average of all the farms shows approxi- 

 mately one-half the fence inside, one-fourth on the road, and one- 

 fourth between the farm and those adjacent. A shglit cUscrepancy 

 is shown between the acre value of fences in Tables IV and XI, as 

 in Table IV the total value of fences on each farm was brought to 

 a round number, while in Table XI the actual value is used. 



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