Posted by sixtyninegmc on February 12, 2012 at 23:54:40 from (216.67.74.6):
I read the post below about the free area calculator, so I checked it out and figured out the acreages on a lot of the farm ground in my area. We are in mixed hills and swamps, so all of our fields are odd shaped, even if the lot is a quarter or half section. What I think is so funny is that without fail, every old-timers ground I measured, they had over-estimated the acreage cleared by 40% or more. I know google earth has made it easier to measure, but I am surprised how far off most were. One claimed 70 acres, really 42. My nieghbor claimed 180, more like 90. One guy is renting out 80 acres of hay, really has 33 cleared acres. One guy who is trying to sell me his half section claims 75 cleared, only 47.
And I did check the accuracy against a known area, spot on.
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