THE YOUNG FARMER 



Including miscellaneous or general 

 farms, there are just a dozen kinds of farms 

 mentioned. Of this number, nine kinds 

 obtained at least 40% of their products, and 

 probably much more, from vegetable rather 

 than from animal forms. However, live 

 stock and dairy farms constitute about one- 

 third of the total number of farms, and 

 almost one-half the farm acreage. There 

 are four kinds of farms on which the pro- 

 duction of grain and hay forms an impor- 

 tant part of their activities; namely, the hay 

 and grain farm, the live stock farm, the 

 dairy farm, and general farm. These con- 

 stitute, in the aggregate, 75% of the farms 

 of the United States, and by virtue of their 

 larger area, they occupy 85% of the total 

 farm area. 



GRAIN AND HAY STATISTICS 



At the close of the nineteenth century less 

 than one-half the area of the United States 

 was owned in farms. Only one-half of this 

 farm area was considered to be under culti- 

 vation. The total area in cereals was one- 



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