Farming--Cereals and }
{ grasses. }
{ } Agriculture
{ Plantations--Cotton, sugar, }
{ tobacco, coffee. }
Plant Production {
(Soil Culture) { Truck Farming, Market }
{ Gardening--Vegetables. }
{ } Horticulture
{ Fruit Growing--Fruits. }
{ }
{ Forestry--Trees, shrubs. }

{ Stock Raising--Work, meat, fats, hides.
{ Stock Feeding--Meat, fats.
{ Stock Breeding--Animals.
Animal Production { Dairy Farming--Milk, butter and cheese.
(An. Husbandry) { Sheep Husbandry--Wool raising.
{ Poultry Raising--Eggs.
{ Beekeeping--Honey.

Mixed Husbandry

The manner in which this theoretical classification has worked out in
actual practice will be indicated in some measure by the inquiries of
the United States Census 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 miscellaneous 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

Gross
Average income
Total area, size per
Kind of farm. acres. Number. acres. farm.

Hay and grain 210,243,000 1,320,000 159 $760
Vegetables 10,157,000 156,000 65 665
Fruits 6,150,000 82,000 75 915
Live stock 335,009,000 1,565,000 227 788
Dairy produce 43,284,000 358,000 120 787
Tobacco 9,574,000 106,000 90 615
Cotton 89,587,000 1,072,000 84