Whenever Ann farms a patch $P$, she also farms all the patches due west of $P$ and due south of $P$. So, the only way she can put a scarecrow on $P$ is if Keith farms the patch immediately north of $P$ and the patch immediately east of $P$, in which case Ann cannot farm any of the patches due north of $P$ or due east of $P$. That is, Ann can only put a scarecrow on $P$ if it is the easternmost patch she farms in its east-west row, and the northernmost in its north-south column. In particular, all of her scarecrow patches are in different rows and columns. Suppose that she puts up $n$ scarecrows. The farthest south of these must be in the 10th row or above, so she farms at least 1 patch in that column; the second-farthest south must be in the 9th row above, so she farms at least 2 patches in that column; the third-farthest south must be in the 8th row or above, so she farms at least 3 patches in that column, and so forth, for a total of at least $$1+2+\cdots+n=n(n+1) / 2$$ patches. If Ann farms a total of $30<8 \cdot 9 / 2$ patches, then we have $n<8$. On the other hand, $n=7$ scarecrows are possible, as shown.
The Dingoberry Farm is a 10 mile by 10 mile square, broken up into 1 mile by 1 mile patches. Each patch is farmed either by Farmer Keith or by Farmer Ann. Whenever Ann farms a patch, she also farms all the patches due west of it and all the patches due south of it. Ann puts up a scarecrow on each of her patches that is adjacent to exactly two of Keith's patches (and nowhere else). If Ann farms a total of 30 patches, what is the largest number of scarecrows she could put up?