The valuation of a land expanse configuration was made on the basic of a chosen group of farms whose parameters were similar to those characterizing the whole village. The chosen group includes about 5% of a total number of farms in this village. The researches were done in the Łapsze Wyżne village (as an example) –one of the most disaggregated mountain villages. The area of an average farm in this village is 5 hectares and such a farm consist of 45 plots. The average area of plots designed for grassland is 0.10 hectare. The most favourable feature of a land expanse in the group of plots tested in the study is their length – 92 metres (an average). This length can be considered proper for cultivation with a horse. A too small area and width of plots are the main reasons for high cost of cultivation. In the village almost half of plots with grassland are 5 to 10 metres wide, whereas about 90% cover an area of less than 20 are. There are almost no plots larger than 1 hectare , i.e. appropriate for cultivation with a tractor.

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