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An acre (which is still used in the US for land measurement) is roughly the amount of land a team of oxen can plough in a day.
by InitialLastName 8y ago
An acre (which is still used in the US for land measurement) is roughly the amount of land a team of oxen can plough in a day.
- TremendousJudge 8y agoAnd a league is the distance a person can walk in an hour. The actual distance doesn't actually matter; two places can be 5 leagues away and be at different distances. However, it'll take you 5 hours to get to any of them, be it because different quality roads or elevation changes
- mbfg 8y agoReally? an acre is quite small. i find it hard to believe that a team of oxen can't do much more.