Farm
a tract of land devoted to raising stock and field crops. The United States census reports do not count gardens, truck patches under three acres, and uncultivated cattle ranges as farms.
UNITED STATES FARM STATISTICS FOR 1900.
| Number of farms | 5,739,657 |
| Average size in acres | 146.6 |
| Total acreage of farms | 841,201,546 |
| Number of acres improved | 414,793,191 |
| Value of farm property | $20,514,001,838 |
| Average value of farms | $3,574 |
| Average value of farm land per acre | $19.82 |
| Value of farm implements | $761,261,550 |
| Value of farm products, 1900 | $4,739,118,752 |
| Number of men engaged in farming | 8,771,181 |
| Number work animals | 20,099,826 |
| Value of domestic animals | $2,981,722,945 |
| Value of poultry | $85,794,996 |
| Value of bees | $10,186,513 |
| Value of buffaloes, deer, ostriches, peafowls, etc | $345,587 |
In the issue for January 1, 1910, the Orange Judd Farmer gave out the following estimates:
| Number of farms | 6,703,000 |
| Value of farm property | $29,730,000,000 |
| Farm produce, 1909 | $9,545,000,000 |
The westward movement of farming in the United States may be understood by the statement that between 1850 and 1900 the center of the number of farms moved from ten miles west of Parkersburg, West Virginia, to a point in Wayne County, Illinois, 110 miles southeast of St. Louis. The center of farm values moved from near the same point to a point 39 miles northwest of Springfield, Illinois. The center of corn production moved from 86 miles southeast of Columbus, Ohio, to 54 miles southwest of Springfield, Illinois; the average center of wheat raising moved from 57 miles northeast of Columbus, Ohio, to 70 miles west of Des Moines, Iowa. The center of oat raising shifted from the same locality to a point 58 miles north of Burlington, Iowa. About one third of the farms in the United States are occupied by tenants who pay a cash rent or give the owner of the land a share of the produce. Rather more than one-third of our people live on farms.
See Agriculture; Cattle; Horses; Sheep; Chickens