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[noelcmn]

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[aslyfox]

F is for Flower and Friend

[ rest of the story, I saw the bee enter and started to take photos as it emerged ]

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[noelcmn]

Grey Turaco's

[WPRESTO]

Harrow. Wonder how many acres (or hectares) of fields have been prepared with one of these.

[aslyfox]

. . . how many acres (or hectares) . . .

I never can get my mind around the measurement " acre "

" An acre is a measure of land area measuring 43,560 square feet (4,046.856 m2). An acre can be of any shape (e.g. rectangle, triangle, circle), as long the area measures exactly 43,560. "


because its physical dimensions - how wide, how long is 100 acres - varies because of its variable shape

as opposed to 2 miles wide by 3 miles long equals X number of acres

the same number of acres could be 100 feet wide by ??? number of miles long.

just one of my many failings I guess

that was a bankruptcy tool used at one time by lawyers representing farmers entitled by law to keep the home and 40 acres, you could stretch that 40 acres into what ever shape you wanted as long as it connected somehow to the home area - could be a square, rectangle, narrow strip opening up to a larger area etc, etc, etc, and so forth and so on.

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[noelcmn]

Ibis- Hadeda

[Scorpio71GR]

I never can get my mind around the measurement " acre "

" An acre is a measure of land area measuring 43,560 square feet (4,046.856 m2). An acre can be of any shape (e.g. rectangle, triangle, circle), as long the area measures exactly 43,560. "


because its physical dimensions - how wide, how long is 100 acres - varies because of its variable shape

as opposed to 2 miles wide by 3 miles long equals X number of acres

the same number of acres could be 100 feet wide by ??? number of miles long.

just one of my many failings I guess

that was a bankruptcy tool used at one time by lawyers representing farmers entitled by law to keep the home and 40 acres, you could stretch that 40 acres into what ever shape you wanted as long as it connected somehow to the home area - could be a square, rectangle, narrow strip opening up to a larger area etc, etc, etc, and so forth and so on.

Well it works like this;

I square mile is 640 acres
A quarter section of land is 160 acres
A quarter section of land is divided into 4 40 acre sections
Those sections are then divided into 4 10 acre sections.
Those 10 acre sections are divided into 4 2.5 acre sections.
The 2.5 acre sections are divided into four 0.625 acre or 5/8th acre sections which used to the standard plot for land when building a house.

[pepperberry farm]

jalapenos

[aslyfox]

Well it works like this;

I square mile is 640 acres
A quarter section of land is 160 acres
A quarter section of land is divided into 4 40 acre sections
Those sections are then divided into 4 10 acre sections.
Those 10 acre sections are divided into 4 2.5 acre sections.
The 2.5 acre sections are divided into four 0.625 acre or 5/8th acre sections which used to the standard plot for land when building a house.

thank you I knew that having grown up in east central rural Illinois where the black top "market to town" roads intersected at regular intervals creating squares and rectangles , and I quickly forget it but

what if we are discussing a plot of land of 3,000 acres, is it a circle, triangle, rectangle, square or combination of all or any of the shapes.

" An acre is a measure of land area measuring 43,560 square feet (4,046.856 m2). An acre can be of any shape (e.g. rectangle, triangle, circle), as long the area measures exactly 43,560. "

An example given long ago in my bankruptcy class: the farmer takes bankruptcy and protects his house and barns and then goes miles down the road via a small strip and encloses his best farm land, connected by narrow strips, as much as he can, with what is left of his protected 40 acres.

such sections might cross section lines, you see

that is where my little narrow small mind gives up.

[pepperberry farm]

keyboard

[WPRESTO]

Well it works like this;

I square mile is 640 acres
A quarter section of land is 160 acres
A quarter section of land is divided into 4 40 acre sections
Those sections are then divided into 4 10 acre sections.
Those 10 acre sections are divided into 4 2.5 acre sections.
The 2.5 acre sections are divided into four 0.625 acre or 5/8th acre sections which used to the standard plot for land when building a house.

An acre, at least in English/British usage, was originally one chain (=66 feet) by one furlong (= 660 feet). The "chain" was 100 links of a particular surveyor's chain that was in standard use for a very long time. The furlong is derived from the chain = 10 chains. Several other old units, outside the metric system (or SI system if you prefer), such as the "rod" are based on the "chain" either as multiples or fractions of it.

[WPRESTO]

Leaf, that doesn't fall in Fall.

[Scorpio71GR]

An acre, at least in English/British usage, was originally one chain (=66 feet) by one furlong (= 660 feet). The "chain" was 100 links of a particular surveyor's chain that was in standard use for a very long time. The furlong is derived from the chain = 10 chains. Several other old units, outside the metric system (or SI system if you prefer), such as the "rod" are based on the "chain" either as multiples or fractions of it.

Now you are going back a few years lol. I actually did some measuring "throwing a chain" in one of civil engineering courses. Sometimes when a link broke they just put it back together.