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The layout of a number of farms in Kansas is seen in 

 Fig. 83. This was a treeless country. There were few 

 obstacles to laying out in any desired shape. The land 

 was worked with machinery when first broken up, so that 



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FIG. 83. Layout of 2560 acres (4 sections) of land in Kansas, showing 

 the division into large fields. 



there has been no temptation to make small fields. Even 

 this section could be much improved. 



235. Rearranging farms. The farmsteads o*- most 

 farms are located, and usually the amount ot capital 

 invested makes it inadvisable to change the present loca- 

 tion, but there are some cases in which it would pay to 



