Most farmers would purchase at least 50 acres of land doubling these figures.
Once upon a time a farmer went to market and purchased a fox, a goose, and a bag of beans.
A young farmer from Johnsburg purchased the bell, and it was again kept in storage.
One farmer in Oregon purchased seedlings for between US$200-300 per 1,000 plants.
The law was especially important in the settling of the Plains states, although many farmers purchased their land from railroads at low rates.
So many farmers had already purchased tractors before the drought deepened.
For pennies, farmers could purchase the notes for use as money.
Instead of raising crops, farmers purchased large quantities of grain for stock raising and manufactured butter and cheese.
By the 1840s, a few farmers had purchased and drained land and sent the Irish squatters packing.
According to the Equipment Manufacturers Institute, a trade group, farmers purchased 23,520 tractors in the first quarter and 1,602 combines.