Ribbon farms (also known as strip farms, river lots, long-lot farms, or just long lots)[1][2] are long, narrow land divisions for farming, usually lined up along a waterway. In some instances, they line a road.
Ribbon farms along the Detroit River in 1796, where modern Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, now stand. Fort Detroit is on the north side of the river at center left, and Belle Isle is to the right.Ribbon grants along the Swan River of Western Australia between Perth and Guildford
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^Terry G. Jordan (March 1974). "Antecedents of the Long-Lot in Texas". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 64: 70–86. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8306.1974.tb00955.x.
Ribbonfarms (also known as strip farms, river lots, long-lot farms, or just long lots) are long, narrow land divisions for farming, usually lined up...
inefficiency and limited growth potential. Eyeball planet Reihendorf Ribbonfarm Zeilendorf English heritage thesaurus Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback...
The green ribbon can have a variety of symbolic meanings. Mitochondrial disease awareness is represented by a green ribbon. Mitochondrial disease (mito)...
Strip farm may refer to: Strip farming, a method of farming used when a slope is too steep or too long Ribbonfarm, a long, narrow land division, usually...
train passed their little farm on the outskirts of town. If his family had forgiven him, they were to put up a white ribbon in the big apple tree which...
streets were named after the owners of each farm, such as Livernois being named after the Livernois Family ribbonfarm. Vestiges of the former system still emerge...
the "Cass Farm" area, after the name of one of the original ribbonfarms that ran north from the river through the area. The original Cass Farm ran between...
Brown ribbons are worn in South Africa in protest against farm attacks. These brutal attacks targeting farmers increases every year (South African Farm Attacks)...
The White Ribbon (German: Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte) is a 2009 German-language mystery drama film, written and directed by Michael...
illustrates ribbonfarms flanking Fort Detroit (center, above Detroit River) and across the river at what is now Windsor, Canada. The ribbonfarm concept...
successful sire. Bred in Kentucky by Peter E. Blum and raced under the Blue RibbonFarm banner, he had a record of 41: 11-12-3 with career earnings of $3,920...
the National Register of Historic Places. Originally part of a French ribbonfarm, Brush Park was developed beginning in the 1850s as an upscale residential...
found the position powerless and soon resigned himself. He owned the ribbonfarm immediately adjacent to Detroit, along which Brush Street now runs. Brush...
the blue ribbon in his class. He continued to teach riding and train horses, eventually moving to Virginia, where he owned a breeding farm. Snowman and...
The White Ribbon Association (WRA), previously known as the British Women's Temperance Association (BWTA), is an organization that seeks to educate the...
State Farm Stadium is a multi-purpose retractable roof stadium in Glendale, Arizona, United States, west of Phoenix. It is the home of the Arizona Cardinals...
residue. rendering residue See crop residue. residue-to-product ratio ribbonfarm riddle To grade and sort produce (e.g. potatoes) according to size, using...
French arpent land divisions are long narrow parcels of land, also called ribbonfarms, usually found along the navigable streams of southern Louisiana and...
card before drawing the farm landscape. The opening song is also sung to completion where it was truncated for the Blue Ribbon re-release. The sequence...
Moray East Wind Farm is an offshore wind farm located in the Moray Firth off the coast of Scotland. The wind farm received consent in 2014, and received...
introduced the seigneurial system, a semi-feudal system of farming based on ribbonfarms that remained a characteristic feature of the St. Lawrence valley until...
were French Canadians, who in the 1780s developed their traditional ribbonfarms in Frenchtown. These had narrow fronts on the river so that more farmers...
album, Ribbons and Sugar, in 2003. As indicated by the title, the album is based loosely around the George Orwell fable Animal Farm. Ribbons and Sugar...
The Cass Farm area spans portions of four original plattings. These include the rear portions of three original ribbonfarms (the Cass Farm, the Jones/Crane...
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