. The story of corn and the westward migration. izona 3 Utah 34-9 less than i 12 Nevada 93-4 less than i 10 Washington less than i 31 Oregon less than i 23 CaUfornia less than i 3 These states, however, do not produce their ownbread. They barely average a bushel of corn tothe inhabitant. Of wheat, Washington, Oregon,Montana, and Idaho raise a surplus, but the otherstates do not produce even sufficient for their ownpopulation. This is the great stock country ofAmerica. We have already referred to sections ofit as the land of little rain. In that vast region fromthe Missouri Rive
. The story of corn and the westward migration. izona 3 Utah 34-9 less than i 12 Nevada 93-4 less than i 10 Washington less than i 31 Oregon less than i 23 CaUfornia less than i 3 These states, however, do not produce their ownbread. They barely average a bushel of corn tothe inhabitant. Of wheat, Washington, Oregon,Montana, and Idaho raise a surplus, but the otherstates do not produce even sufficient for their ownpopulation. This is the great stock country ofAmerica. We have already referred to sections ofit as the land of little rain. In that vast region fromthe Missouri River westward the lofty plateausfurnish a great grazing country, about one third thetotal area of the United States. This region fur-nishes most of the young cattle which are latershipped into the corn country to be fattened andprepared for market. Half-wild horses roam theplains; sheep raising is one of the chief industries. 240 The Story of Corn But it is easy to see that these states lie beyondthe great corn belt, and that both men and animals. West of the Missouri River the lofty plateaus furnish a great grazing country, largely given over to cattle, horses, and sheep^ and therefore to a certain extent dependent upon the corn country of the Mississippi Valley must depend to a certain extent upon the corn of theupper Mississippi Valley. The population of the United States increasedtwenty-one per cent between 1900 and 1910. Thegreat problem confronting America to-day is howto make the land produce an ever-increasing amountof corn and wheat to furnish bread for the growingpopulation and to supply beef, pork, and horsessufficient for the needs of the people. We havecome into an era of study of the soil, experimentalwork in agriculture, and reforms in education. Improvements in Agriculture. It was clear toGeorge Washington while he was President that the The Last American Frontiers 241
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