Statistics, like the decline in farm numbers and the amount of land being farmed may be illustrative of trends, but fail to communicate the human drama behind them. The peak year for farms in America was 1935. Over the ensuing 71 years, an average of 182 farms a day were lost. What happened to the lives of the operators, their families and employees?

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