FARM LAYOUT 



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and 12, there was a brush line about 25 feet wide and about 

 120 loads of stone. Between fields 11 and 12, there was 

 an open ditch that could not be crossed ; along this was 

 the usual thicket of trees, brush, and weeds. All these 

 lines of trees ran diagonally across the fields, so as to 

 make short rows on both sides. In fields 6 and 10, there 

 were 1 5 short rows when planted to potatoes. Between fields 



FIG. 85. Layout of the farm shown in Figure 84 as it was in 1911. 

 Three large fields instead of 7 small ones. 



1 and 2, there was a tumbled down stone wall. This also 

 ran diagonally across the fields, so as to make short rows. 

 When the owner fixed over his barn, the stone wall 

 between fields 1 and 2 was sorted over and the best stones 

 taken for foundation. The balance was hauled to the 

 stone pile. The owner estimated that there were three 

 good two-horse loads to the rod, or 114 loads in the 38 

 rods. Stones were hauled to the barn by two men and 

 a team at the rate of about 3 loads per hour, and were 



