How Did Most Farmers Respond to Falling Crop Prices at the End

How did most farmers respond to falling crop prices at the end of the nineteenth century?

A) They voluntarily grew fewer crops to decrease the supply and raise the value of the crops that they did sell.
B) They grew still more crops in order to make ends meet, tragically lowering the price of crops even more by increasing the supply.
C) They petitioned the government to buy up surplus crops to ensure that demand remained proportional to the supply.
D) They petitioned Congress to raise tariffs on imports from abroad to reduce international competition.
E) They hired immigrant laborers who would work for little money to harvest their crops and reduce their overhead.