Re: [DL] Cattle Barons - Marshal looking for help

["Daniel Gwyn" <dgwyn@colba.net>]

Hi,
    I don't know about the States, but in Canda at least a section is in
fact one 1 square not 10 square miles.  Think about it, a square mile is
easy to survey: 1 mile by 1 mile, whereas 10 square miles is 3.1622 miles by
3.1622 miles isn't
    Thus
360 sections=360 square miles
640 acres=1 section=1 square mile
1 acres=1/640 of a 1 square mile.= .03952847 of mile x .03952847 of
mile=43560 square feet

    At least according to my Canadian World Almanac.
         Daniel Gwyn
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