Which statement about farms in the 1920s is accurate?

A) Farmers were not productive in arid areas.
B) Organic farming started for the first time, and this trend steadily increased throughout the decade.
C) For the first time in U.S. history, the number of farmers declined.
D) Sharecropping was invented and dominated in the Northeast.
E) Asian immigrants comprised the biggest group of farm laborers by the end of the decade.

Farm Laborers

Individuals who work in the agricultural sector, performing tasks related to planting, tending, and harvesting crops.

Organic Farming

An agricultural method that relies on natural processes and materials for crop production and livestock breeding, avoiding synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.

Sharecropping

Type of farm tenancy that developed after the Civil War in which landless workers—often former slaves—farmed land in exchange for farm supplies and a share of the crop.