USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The largest and best known of the “bonanza” farms was the Dalrymple Farm, located 20 miles west of Fargo, consisting of 11, 000 acres.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bonanza farms-large, commercial farming enterprises that grew thousands of acres of wheat-flourished in northwestern Minnesota and the Dakotas from the 1870s to 1920. Geology, the Homestead Act of 1862, railroads, modern machinery, and revolutionary new flour-milling methods all contributed to the bonanza farm boom.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bonanza farms developed as a result of a number of factors, including the efficient new farming machinery of the 1870s, cheap abundant land available during that period, the growth of eastern markets in the U.S., and completion of most major railroads between the farming areas and markets.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bonanza farms made life difficult for small farmers because they were able to produce their crops for a much lower price, which drove down the price people were willing to pay for wheat.