Tuesday, May 25, 2010

U.S. Number of Farms & All Farm Workers 1910- 2000


The graph shows the number of farms and farm workers over one century from 1910 to 2000.
There was gradual decrease in number from 1910 to 1930. From 1930 to 1935 there are both an increase of number in workers and farms. There were sharp fall in numbers from 1935 to 1945 and then remained steady in the late 1940’s. There was gradual decline in number of farms from 1935 to 1990 and this remained steady in the last ten years from 1990 to 2000. There was sharp fall in the number of workers from 1950 to 1970 and gradual decrease from 1975 to 1990. There were slightly increases in number of workers from 1990 to2000.
In conclusion; the overall trend of farms and farms workers were decreasing most of the last century until 1990.

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