A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . PlO- 104.—Over one-third of the value of farm property in the United States is inthe Corn Belt, and nearly two-fifths of the value of farm land. The average value ofJ*™, land per acre January 1, 1920, was $148 in the Corn Belt, as compared with|40 in the Cotton Belt, $48 in the Hay and Pasture Eegion, and $21 in the Greatrlains Region. Only in the South Pacific Coast Region does the value of farm prop-erty per square mile and of farm land per acre ($114) approach the values in theCorn Belt. Note the districts
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . PlO- 104.—Over one-third of the value of farm property in the United States is inthe Corn Belt, and nearly two-fifths of the value of farm land. The average value ofJ*™, land per acre January 1, 1920, was $148 in the Corn Belt, as compared with|40 in the Cotton Belt, $48 in the Hay and Pasture Eegion, and $21 in the Greatrlains Region. Only in the South Pacific Coast Region does the value of farm prop-erty per square mile and of farm land per acre ($114) approach the values in theCorn Belt. Note the districts of greater values adjoining New York City, Philadelphia,Uetroit, and the Twin Cities, also the Blue Grass district in Kentucky. 494 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, Fig. 105.—The value of farm buildings Is greatest in southeastern Pennsylyania,where it exceeds the value of the land, and averages $4,000 to $5,000 per farm. In theCorn Belt the average value of farm buildings is $3,400 per farm, and it is almost asmuch in the Spring Wheat Area, aad the southern portion of the Hay and PastureRegion. In the Cotton Belt, on the other hand, the average value is only $738, owingin part to the large number of negro shanties. However, the value of the buildings onthe landlords farm in a plantation is almost as great as the values in the Corn Belt,These values of farm buildings include barns and outbuildings, and since the valueof the house is, in general, about half that of all farm buildings, the average valueof farm houses in the United States is only about $900.
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