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feats because of fertile soils, an ideal climate and scientific farming methods and machinery.
.The U.S. has about 2,300,000 farms averaging in size 440 acres. Most are privately owned. Since the 1920s the number of farms in the U.S. has decreased steadily while the average size has increased. The number of fulltime farmers has also declined. Today most operators of small farms also have non-farm jobs.
Approximately 500,000 U.S. farms, less than a fifth of the total number, account for 80 percent of the cash receipts from the sale of farm products. This trans
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