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Animal farm
* keep growing in size and dwindling in number.
* use mountains of grain.

Cattle ranch
* Most cattle ranches are near fields.
* Some cattle ranches have barns.

Commercial farm
* have employees.
* provide homes and basic help for thousands of disadvantaged people.

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Dairy
* Dairies are California's largest agricultural industry and a significant source of polluted runoff
  - farms
  - great places to live and raise a family
  - potentially a major contributor of nitrate and salts to groundwater
  - generally milk again in early afternoon
  - have a bad odor
* Dairies includes attics
  - bases
  - bathrooms
  - bedrooms
  - ceilings
  - courtyards
  - decks
  - elevators
  - family rooms
  - farmhouses
  - floors
  - foundation stones
  - foyers
  - front rooms
  - interior doors
  - kitchens
  - libraries
  - locker rooms
  - lockers
  - roofs
  - room light
  - sections
  - staircases
  - walls
  - windows
  - provide nutrients
  - total up the number of acres of each crop and their coinciding nitrogen requirements
  - use water for cooling, cleaning, livestock drinking water and other purposes
* Many dairies have one or two lagoons, while a few have three or four in series
  - use a lagoon to store water and waste
* Most dairies provide nutrients
  - dairy is suitable for a bland diet, as it is easy on the stomach and digestive tract
* Some dairies also produce buttermilk, chocolate milk, evaporated milk and powdered milk
  - contain calcium
  - depend on crops
  - even pasteurize extra milk from the main herd to feed calves
  - use methane
  - dairy cows feed diets
* cows form strong bonds, especially among mothers and young and among peers.
* cows live for six generations, calve and produce normal milk on a protein-free diet
  - in crowded pens or barns with concrete floors
  - use their tails like giant flyswatters

Dairy farm
* Many dairy farms purchase little or no fertilizer.
* Most dairy farms are operated by their owners, with the family providing most of the labour
  - do an excellent job of preventing antibiotic residues in milk
  - milk their cows once or twice each day
* are close to being self-sustaining units.
* collect manure for use on their crop land.
* intersperse and rotate grass and corn crops.
* use more energy than almost any other agricultural operation
  - special cows

Family farm
* Many family farms are partnerships of more than three people.
* Most family farms are subsistence, but also surplus crops for cash.

Large farm
* account for more than half of agricultural land in Hungary, Bulgaria and Estonia.
* are important in terms of providing for the food and fiber needs of society.
* have a higher risk of serious nutrient and bacteria pollution into our rivers and lakes.
* use mechanical harvesters to gather nuts.

Larger farm
* generate more wastes, creating greater potential for large-scale pollution.
* tend to rely on machines and organic or chemical sprays.

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Ranch
* Most ranches collect cattle.
* Most ranches keep cattle
  - historical production and financial records of some type
  - raise cattle
* Some ranches have barns
  - chickens
  - tennis courts and many have swimming pools
  - keep horses
  - offer child care and organized children's programs
* Some ranches raise bison
  - buffalo
  - deer
  - sheep
  - turkeys
  - water buffalo
* are facilities
* are located in countrysides
  - prairie
* are used for cattle
  - ranching
  - summer vacation
* have horses.
  - bases
  - bedrooms
  - elevators
  - family rooms
  - locker rooms
  - room light
* possess cattle.
* provide beef.
* require livestock.

Scale farm
* provide food.
* see growth
  - significant growth