A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . FIG. 107.—The Corn Belt contains one-fourth of the value of all live stock in theUnited States, or somewhat more than the entire western half of the country. There isalso dense distribution in southern Wisconsin and Michigan, in New York, and in south-eastern Pennsylvania, In which districts dairying is very important. The greatest aver-age value per farm, over $3,000, is in the Arid Intermountain and the Great Plains regions;the smallest, $583, in the Cotton Belt. However, the proportion which value of live s
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . FIG. 107.—The Corn Belt contains one-fourth of the value of all live stock in theUnited States, or somewhat more than the entire western half of the country. There isalso dense distribution in southern Wisconsin and Michigan, in New York, and in south-eastern Pennsylvania, In which districts dairying is very important. The greatest aver-age value per farm, over $3,000, is in the Arid Intermountain and the Great Plains regions;the smallest, $583, in the Cotton Belt. However, the proportion which value of live stockconstitutes of the total farm Investment is 12 per cent in the Cotton Belt, as comparedwith 8 per cent In the Corn Belt. The greatest proportion. 18 per cent, is found in theRocky Mountain and Arid Intermountain PIC. expenditure for feed i« greatest in the Hay and Pasture Rego^^^ wheredairying dominates 5nd the production of gram is J^^™*i^°la berfcattie and hogs!feedis ^freely bought and sold by the farmers, most of whom feed beef cattle ^°^^In north-central Illinois the expenditure for feed is much less because i:|^™i 28, to the near-by Chicago market, and few cattle °y}°f„^l%^lf-^t-Wm^Skt^ Val-89, and 107.) The heavier expenditure S^yjR, ^S JfernSf tiie feSd is bought principallyleys is largely for feed for dairy cows, while m Calilornia tne leeu it. iwus ws and poultry. 496 Yearbooh of the Department of Agriculture^ 1921.
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