How many acres was an 8N designed to farm, when new?

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Yep, it's a different world now. The farmer that farms across the road from me, farms 4,600 acres and we have a 3,500 cow Dairy in this county.

I know. Even in my short memory, the local ranches in my area have either gotten bigger, or gone out of business altogether. There used to be a lot of them, but the last few years have been hard; very dry around here. We still haven't had our first snow this year; usually it happens around mid-october. Even the mountain ski resorts are getting a bit worried by the low snowpack levels.