A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . Fig. 75.—Two-thirds of the mules are raised in the western section of the Corn andWinter Wheat Kegion and the southern portion of the Corn Belt, the centers ofproduction being about 300 miles south of the centers of horse production. This maybe due in part to the adaptation of the mule to warmer temperature than the horse,but also in part to the shorter distance and smaller cost of transportation to the CottonBelt, wheie most of the mules are sent (see Pig. 77). Formerly Kentucky and Ten-nessee were the leadin
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . Fig. 75.—Two-thirds of the mules are raised in the western section of the Corn andWinter Wheat Kegion and the southern portion of the Corn Belt, the centers ofproduction being about 300 miles south of the centers of horse production. This maybe due in part to the adaptation of the mule to warmer temperature than the horse,but also in part to the shorter distance and smaller cost of transportation to the CottonBelt, wheie most of the mules are sent (see Pig. 77). Formerly Kentucky and Ten-nessee were the leading States in mule production, but now a much greater number areraised in Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, where feed is cheaper. 472 Yearbook of the Department of Agriovltwre, Fig. 76.—Over one-quarter of the taature horses (2 years old and over) in theUnited States are in the Corn Belt, and over three-quarters are in the humid easternhalf of the country. The small number of horses in the Cotton Belt and the easternsections of the Corn and Winter Wheat Region Is owing in large measure to the pref-erence for mules as work animals in these regions (see Fig. 77). The acres of cropsper mature horse and mule in the Cotton Belt (17 acres) is practically the same as in theCorn Belt (18 acres), or in the Hay and Pasture Region (16 acres). The number ofhorses in cities and villages (not on farms or ranges) was 1,705,611 on January 1,1920, or about one-tenth the number of mature horses on farms, A Graphic Sumrniary of Americam, Agricultii/re. 473 |^I3B3SS3SSa UJ10 a a f < LI 5OC I- S o s Q cv X o ?•%i i^. ?H 0) ^ so: ^ UJ5Z ll 3S3S 1 nil I i !id s. ll ^o^» q i lll-l i ^i^ il P is ^[££€3 iiSiilii fiiitiii^ Pig. 77.—About flve-sixths of the ma
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