.. In a standard Township you begin with Sec. 1 at the Northeast corner, then proceed West with the numbering until the Township line, then drop South for Sec. 7 and continue East repeating the process until Sec. 36 at the Southeast corner. Is this correct ?
The reason for the question is years back i read some on the PLSS and it was mentioned that the sequence of Section numbering wasn't always a hard fast rule, and that in some few cases the numbering sequence followed a different route. Did I misremember what I thought I read, or did this actually occur ?
You have it correct. As the ox plowed the field.
Other methods were tried in a part of Ohio in the early days.
boustrophedonically
In Canada, principally in the prairie provinces, they have a sectional system very similar to the US except that the sections are numbered in the exact reverse order.
from THE OFFICIAL OHIO LANDS BOOK issued by the Ohio State Auditor
"boustrophedonically"
The same way I learned to disk crop fields as a youngster when I was running a tractor with a three-point hitch type of disk. The pull types would not allow such short turnarounds, so had to lay off lands to work out. Same plan with a cultivator, grain drill or corn planter. Always wanted to try out a rollover plow that actually allowed such a travel plan. A standard moldboard plow absolutely would not work boustrophedonically.
Holy Cow, post: 449593, member: 50 wrote: "boustrophedonically"
The same way I learned to disk crop fields as a youngster when I was running a tractor with a three-point hitch type of disk. The pull types would not allow such short turnarounds, so had to lay off lands to work out. Same plan with a cultivator, grain drill or corn planter. Always wanted to try out a rollover plow that actually allowed such a travel plan. A standard moldboard plow absolutely would not work boustrophedonically.
The defining word "boustrophedonically" (as the ox plows) was nearly lost to the oblivion of a few old survey textbooks until the invention of computer hard drives. Data is placed on drives in a similar fashion of neither "right or left" justification, removing the need for a "hard return" and providing a seamless flow of data v. movement on a disk.
We can thank the 'puter geeks for helping us continue our historical legacies. 😉
Imagine text on a page being laid out as the ox plows.
Holy Cow, post: 449599, member: 50 wrote: Imagine text on a page being laid out as the ox plows.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that some ancient cuneiforms and scripts were laid out in such a fashion. Greek maybe?
Holy Cow, post: 449599, member: 50 wrote: Imagine text on a page being laid out as the ox plows.
a no txet enigamI
page being laid out
.swolp xo eht sa
With some practice it could work!
Mark,
I bet your last post was much harder to type, than is was to read.
.tsrif yllamron ti epyT
Type it backwards
ledom eht gnivah yb
in front of you as you
epyter ylno neht
every other line.
Holy Cow, post: 449593, member: 50 wrote: "boustrophedonically"
The same way I learned to disk crop fields as a youngster when I was running a tractor with a three-point hitch type of disk. The pull types would not allow such short turnarounds, so had to lay off lands to work out. Same plan with a cultivator, grain drill or corn planter. Always wanted to try out a rollover plow that actually allowed such a travel plan. A standard moldboard plow absolutely would not work boustrophedonically.
You were quite the "plowboy" as a youngster.
Very true. One time I plowed on 13 consecutive days. I was about 10 or 11 at the time.
R.J. Schneider, post: 449573, member: 409 wrote: .. In a standard Township you begin with Sec. 1 at the Northeast corner, then proceed West with the numbering until the Township line, then drop South for Sec. 7 and continue East repeating the process until Sec. 36 at the Southeast corner.
If in the imitation PLSS railroad blocks in Texas, it's usually the same way except you don't stop until you hit Sec. 48 at the southeast corner. The blocks are bigger in Texas.
Alvin Tostick, post: 449628, member: 13000 wrote: You were quite the "plowboy" as a youngster.
Ox Plowfner was the well known publisher of Plowboy magazine back in the day.
He did well until Bob Diskioni came out with RipperHouse mag later on.
Dave Karoly, post: 449724, member: 94 wrote: Ox Plowfner was the well known publisher of Plowboy magazine back in the day.
He did well until Bob Diskioni came out with RipperHouse mag later on.
Holy Cow posts anonymously because his real name is Larry Flint Hills
Good one.
By the way, two weeks ago on a Wednesday evening, I reached Climax at 6:43 p.m.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climax,_Kansas
Holy Cow, post: 449757, member: 50 wrote: Good one.
By the way, two weeks ago on a Wednesday evening, I reached Climax at 6:43 p.m.
Having spent some time here first, I suppose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania .
Holy Cow, post: 449757, member: 50 wrote: Good one.
By the way, two weeks ago on a Wednesday evening, I reached Climax at 6:43 p.m.
Well, I know you weren't in Climax, CO. Too high for a flatlander! 😉
From Wiki
Climax was an unincorporated mining village and a former U.S. Post Office located in Lake County, Colorado, United States. Climax is known for its large molybdenum ore deposit. Climax is located along the Continental Divide at an elevation of about 11,360 feet (3465 meters). It was the highest human settlement in the United States, and it holds the record for having had the country's second highest Post Office and the highest railroad station.