GRAIN AND HAY FARMING 



Bureau. The twelfth census has classified 

 farms on the basis of their principal income. 

 If 40% or more of the gross income of the 

 farm was from dairy products, it was called 

 a dairy farm; if from live stock, a live stock 

 farm; if from cotton, a cotton farm. If no 

 product constituted 40% of the gross 

 receipts, the farm was classified as a mis- 

 cellaneous or general farm. 



In 1900 there were 5,740,000 farms in 

 the United States, which were, according to 

 the rule just stated, classified as follows : 



FARMS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PRINCIPAL 

 SOURCE OF INCOME 



Total area, 

 Kind of farm. acres. 



Hay and grain 210,243,000 



Vegetables 10,157,000 



Fruits 6,150,000 



Live stock 335,009,000 



Dairy produce 43,284,000 



Tobacco 9,574,000 



Cotton 89,587,000 



Rice 1,088,000 



Sugar 2,689,000 



Flowers and plants 43,000 

 Nursery products 166,000 

 Miscellaneous 113,144,000 



Total 



.844,000,000 



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