DIVIDING THE RESIDUE.
A farmer left to his widow and four sons a square block of land of an area of two thousand five hundred and sixty (2560) acres, the four boundaries running direct north, south, east, and west respectively. A, square section, com- , prising ono quarter of the area situ. ated in the., extreme north-west upon which the homestead was erected, waa bequeathed to the widow, and this section was fenced off from the remainder of the original area, the south-eastern corner post being in the exact centra of the full block. The residue, comprising 1920 acres (one, nine, two, nought), was left to the four sons to be divided equally, between them, but the will contained a stipulation that each should fence his sieetion in exactly the same shape. This was done in symmetrical form in so far that all the' subdivision fences' were erected parallel to the outside boundaries of the original block, and as there is onlyone design of subdivision . that will fulfil the conditions stated, can the reader in a simple calculation find what length of fencing is involved-, im dividing the five blocks, making separate holdings, and excluding the outsida boundaries of the original area?
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 11
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DIVIDING THE RESIDUE.
Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 120, 23 May 1931, Page 11
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