From the scale of a single grain of wheat, and the way it propagates, to the scale of the human body, and the extent of it’s arm swing, to the scale of the machine, and the horsepower that pulls it, animal or manufactured. With each increasing scale, the swathe widens, and so too does the extent of the field. During Harvest, where time is a constant and limiting factor, the space that can be reaped is defined by the speed of the reaper. Collectively, a grid of farm fields creates a pattern of not only space, but of the imprint of time.
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Deere & Company. John Deere Agriculture. 2011. http://www.deere.com/en_US/ag/online_brochures/combines/combines_brochures.html (accessed March 8, 2011).
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