To the right is a line graph which shows the number of farms and farm workers in the United States from 1910 – 2000.  Describe the information in the graph. Write at least 150 words.

The graph shows how many

farms

and

farm

workers

there were in the US between 1910 and 2000.

Overall

, there was a huge decline in the

number

of

farms

and

farm

workers

over the period. It can clearly be seen that both numbers started to decrease, and stabilized at the same time.

To begin

with, there were about 6.3

million

farms

in 1910.

This

number

remained relatively stable until 1930

where

Correct word choice

when

show examples

it started to rise over the

next

five years to reach seven

million

.

However

, after 1935, the figure began to decrease significantly to two

million

in 1990.

Then

, from 1990 to 2000, the

number

seems to have levelled off at two

million

farms

. Regarding

the

Correct article usage

apply

show examples

farm

workers

, approximately 13.5

million

people were working

in

Change preposition

on

show examples

a

farm

in 1910.

Then

, after ten years of constancy, the

number

experienced a slight fall of about one

million

, before it increased a bit to reach 12.9

million

workers

in 1935. From 1935, as the

number

of

farms

, the figure began to drop dramatically to reach 3

million

in 1990. From that point, the

number

of

farm

workers

remained constant at 3

million

for the final years of the period, following the same stability as the

number

of

farms

.