They got special rates for rail shipping.
Large farms operate more like a production plant than small farms. They produce large amounts of goods, but also have higher overhead too. Small farms often produce a large number of products in smaller quantities.
The North was semi-industrial and had many small farms, the South had gigantic farms called plantations.
Because there's not enough money in farming any more to maintain a medium sized farm. Most folks are relying on off-farm jobs, and many more are simply interested in farming as just a hobby. Hobby farmers typically only need a small farm. Corporate farms, however, own huge farms. The much larger farms (+++1000 acres) are those that are able to bring in enough income for the owner[s], much more than a small hobby farm or a medium sized traditional family farm.
no there isent
Agriculture is characterised by a dualistic structure of market-oriented commercial farms and much small-scale subsistence farming.
They raised more animals
They raised more animals
Southern colonies had rich soil and warm climate
Southern plantations were large and needed many workers, but most southern colonists lived on small family farms. plantations, but small farms were much more common.
New methods worked best on large farms, which could hire many workers and produce big harvests and more profits. This encouraged wealthy landowners to replace small farms with big ones.
No. Such farms are becoming few and far between, and are more often small hobby farms rather than large "commercial" farms.
A small town has more farms than a big city
Large farms operate more like a production plant than small farms. They produce large amounts of goods, but also have higher overhead too. Small farms often produce a large number of products in smaller quantities.
mabye maybe not...:p
The North was semi-industrial and had many small farms, the South had gigantic farms called plantations.
northern farms were mainly family farms southern farms more like plantations where based on a slave economy
A "smallholding" is or "hobby farm" is a farm of a small size. Such farms are not meant to be the landowner's primary source of income. Rather, they are more often used as recreational land. Functionally, smallholdings tend to be more like country homes than real farms.