Area dimensions

The metric system is the basis for all area measurements used worldwide today. In addition, in many European countries and especially in Asia, very old area measurements are still in use. In viticulture, hectares (hectares) are usually used in Europe and acres in Anglo-American countries to indicate the size of vineyards. The old measurements of area used to be based on the use or labour input of land. The designations or sizes were based on labour - whether a vineyard was dug up, a field sown or ploughed, or a meadow mown. The area that a man could dig up in a vineyard with a spade in one day resulted in one graber. The acre and the yoke corresponded to the size of an area of arable land that could be ploughed in one morning. A day's mowing or man's mowing corresponded to the area that a mower could mow in one day.

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