Farm

Farm (A.S. feorm; Low Lat. firma, from Lat. firmus, 'durable'), the term usually employed to denote a piece of land, either pasture or arable, held in lease by a tenant from the proprietor; but of course the term farmer is often applied to a person who owns as well as cultivates land. In America the farmer usually owns the land he cultivates. In this work the history and present position of agriculture, agricultural statistics, and the division of land are dealt with under the head AGRICULTURE; and other matters relevant to farming (such as cattle, dairy, landlord and tenant, lease) are treated under the various heads cited at the end of that article.