Truck farm is the name given to a large farm that grows cash crops. A cash crop is an agricultural crop which is grown for sale to return a profit. rather than for the farmer's own use.
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They made slaves do most of the work, so they didn't have to pay and sold the cash crops.
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Corn,wheat and tobacco are examples of cash crops
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Feed crops generated $23.2 billion in cash receipts on U.S. farms in 2001
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It was the best way to grow large cash crops.
A large labor force.
Small farms became rich
Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina and Georgia were reliant on cash crops.
it has the most farms than any other southeastern state
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In the 1700's small farmers were pushed out due to large farmers growing cash crops such as cotton, tobacco and sugar as opposed to subsistence farming. Large farmers created a situation where small farmers could either become tenant farmers or leave the farming industry all together.