In the late nineteenth century,regarding western agriculture,
A) the prices paid for American farm goods rose after the 1880s.
B) the reality of farming was very much like its popular image with the public.
C) commercial farmers were not self-sufficient and made little effort to become so.
D) farmers increasingly owned the land on which they worked.
E) American farm families were relatively unaffected by the effects of world production.

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Commercial farmers during the late nineteenth century were increasingly part of a national and global market system, relying on purchased inputs and markets for their products rather than striving for self-sufficiency. This integration into a broader economy meant that their operations were influenced by global supply, demand, and prices, making self-sufficiency neither a goal nor a practical reality for most.

In the Late Nineteenth Century,regarding Western Agriculture