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FARM MANAGEMENT 



Where the topography of the land will allow, it is 

 best to divide the farm into a number of equal sized 

 fields so that a like amount of the various crops may be 

 grown each year, thus providing for the constant em- 

 ployment of labor and allowing a systematic arrange- 

 ment of the farm business. The time lost in traveling 

 to and from the fields must be charged against the 

 earning power of the field or farm. Thus a farm near 

 by and well planned may be worth $5 an acre more 

 than one of equal producing power, but distant and 

 poorly planned. As the cost of operating is less, the 

 earning capacity is greater. 



ARRANGEMENT OF FIELDS SHOWING VALUE OF A WELL- 

 MADE FARM PLAN 



(By courtesy of A. D. Wilson) 



The following diagrams illustrate a i6o-acre farm, all of which is 

 tillable, as it was operated and as it is now being operated. 



FIG. 236. 

 As it is now operated : 



FIG. 235. 



As it was operated : 



Total fencing . . . 892 rods Total fencing . . . 640 rods 



Average distance from Average distance from 



farmstead to farmstead to fields . 24 rods 



fields .... 69.9 rods Difference in fencing re- 

 quired . . . . 252 rods 



