Class III

In this class the labor upkeep for the year consists of the equivalent of one man per year for 6-18 acres. It comprises such areas as described under (b) and (c) on [page 7], examples being the general woodlands of the Garden and the North Meadow. There are about 265 acres of this class in the Garden.

A Municipal Park, of a simple kind, consisting of tree and shrub plantations, and large areas of meadow or lawn roughly mown.
Area, 103 acres.
Maintenance costs

Labor per acre per year$127.45
Supplies and teaming per acre per year60.06
$187.51

Rate per year = 9.04 acres per man.

A Country Place
Area 250 acres, composed as follows:

Cultivated fields36.0 acres
Pasture35.4 ”
Garden3.4 ”
Orchard, golf-links, and tennis courts10.0 ”
Lawn and shrubbery near garden2.0 ”
House-grounds (lawn, shrubbery, perennials, ¹⁄₄ mile of road, complex design)4.0 ”
Cottage grounds (lawn and scattered trees)4.0 ”
Woodland, about150.0 ”

Rate per year (average) = 25 acres per man.