How did the author in chapter 14 great depression begins know that they were poor?

Towns and small farms are usually for land, lakes, rivers, and seas.they also produce other food, like crops.it's also where animals are, where we get our meat.large plantations normally have forests, where crops are grown for sale. (similar to farms)plantations have larger fields of crops.our wine, sugar canes, and fruits come from plantations.

They would be more crops at 1a and 1b more than 1c

Ithink a but not sure