Show an acre the word acre is derived from the old anglo saxon word adecer and Is identical with the latin word ager meaning a cultivated field celd the eng lish acre consists of square yards or square feet II if your field Is a rectangle that Is having tour four sides and each angle a right angle or square corner its area Is obtained by multiplying the length by the breadth if your mease measurements rein ell ts tire are in ili rods the result will be square rods it if in ili yards yard square yards and if in feet square feet A held field feet by ac feet of rectangular shap contains square feet it Is therefore halt half RD an acre but a rectangular ton gular beld field might be different length and width and yet contain an acre for example if it is 30 feet long and GO feet wide it will contain square feet or half tin an acre |