Talmud for Eruvin 2:3

רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, עַד בֵּית סָאתָיִם. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, לֹא אָמְרוּ בֵית סָאתַיִם אֶלָּא לְגִנָּה וּלְקַרְפֵּף, אֲבָל אִם הָיָה דִּיר אוֹ סַחַר, אוֹ מֻקְצֶה אוֹ חָצֵר, אֲפִלּוּ בֵית חֲמֵשֶׁת כּוֹרִין, אֲפִלּוּ בֵית עֲשָׂרָה כּוֹרִין, מֻתָּר. וּמֻתָּר לְהַרְחִיק כָּל שֶׁהוּא, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁיַּרְבֶּה בְּפַסִּין:

R. Yehudah says: [He should make not make an enclosure for the well greater than] until beth sa'atayim (the size of a field requiring two sa'ah of seed). They said to him: They said "beth sa'atayim" only for a garden or a karpef, [which do not serve for habitation. A karpef is a large enclosure outside the city, where wood is stored.] But in a corral [set up in the fields (today, here; tomorrow, there) in order to fertilize the field with animal dung], or a sachar (an enclosure) [for animals in the city (Some read it "sahar" (a prison yard)], or a muktzeh [a space behind the house], or a chatzer [an open space in front of the house] — even (in) five kur it is permitted (to carry), even in ten kur. [For all of these serve for habitation. And, likewise, the boards of wells. Since the water is fit to be drunk by men, a bona fide (human) function is served.] And it is permitted to place (the boards) farther, any distance, so long as he adds boards. [That is, just as one may carry in all of the above, which serve for habitation, even if they are as large as ten kur, so one may move the enclosure of well boards as far as he wishes. And this is the halachah.]

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