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Old, peasant field measure (also yoke, juchart or Tagewerk) corresponding to the size of a field that could be ploughed in one morning with a single horse or ox team or mown by a single man using a scythe. It also referred to the agricultural area that a man could work with a team from morning to evening. The size of a mostly rectangular acre varied greatly from region to region and ranged from 0.25 to over one hectare.

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The historical measure of area, the hoof, was divided into acres. Today, four acres generally correspond to one hectare. In terms of meaning and size, the old measures of acre and yoke, as well as the Anglo-American acre, are quite similar. See also under area measurements, hollow measurements and units of measurement.

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