{ 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 84 430 Rice 1,088,000 6,000 190 1,335 Sugar 2,689,000 7,000 363 5,317 Flowers and plants 43,000 6,000 7 2,991 Nursery products 166,000 2,000 82 4,971 Miscellaneous 113,144,000 1,059,000 107 440 ----------- --------- --- ----- Total 844,000,000 5,740,000 147 $656 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 production of grain and hay forms an important part of their activities; namely, the hay and grain farm, the live stock farm, the dairy farm, and general farm. These constitute, 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