2. MODERN CROP FIELDS HISTORIC CROP ROTATION

3. Settlement to WW1

4. HISTORIC CROP ROTATION 1910

5. HISTORIC CROP ROTATION Post WWII

10. TO DESCRIBE: GO SMALLEST TO LARGEST TO LOCATE: READ BACKWARDS FROM LARGEST TO SMALLEST

11. LAND OWNERSHIP

12. Family Farm Incorporated Corporate farm Absentee ownership et. al. Trust What is a Family Farm? Joe Brown Martha Brown Jennifer Brown Jon Brown LAND OWNERSHIP

13. Agricultural Land Acreage Development Woodlots

14. LAND OWNERSHIP IN WANAMINGO TOWNSHIP Sections 20 & 28 The name “Boyum is registered as the land owner. What is the difference between the two owners? Section 9 Who owns the land in the S 1/2 of the NE ¼? Section 19, E1/2 of the SW 1/4 What is going on with the Jacobsom Farm? Section 33 What does the abbreviation after Iva Brown mean? Section 14, SW ¼ (Two parties with the last name own land side by side.) What could have happened to create these small farms? Section 12, E ½ of the SW ¼ How is this farm registered for ownership

15. SELLING LAND IN PINE ISLAND TOWNSHIP Section 8, S1/2 of the NE ¼ Why are the land tracts so small? (also look at the photo of the area) Section 8 Why aren’t there a lot of small tracts of land sold along highway 52? (also look at the photo of the area ) Section 28, SE ¼ (This is owned by two people) Why is one so large and one so small? Give a legal description for another similar tract of land. Locate the City of Pine Island. The developed portion of Pine Island is in solid gray. The city limits extend to the shaded gray line. How many acres are developed? How many acres are not developed yet? Why would a city annex so much undeveloped land? Sections 5,6,7,8…..Highways 60 and 52 meet. This is only half of a normal “cloverleaf” associated with on and off ramps. How much land can be taken up by a full sized cloverleaf?

16. Draw a simple farm building layout and features associated with farms in Minnesota. Put on the back of the answer sheet or another piece of paper. Be sure to label each building and feature. You only need the farmstead, not the whole farm.