A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . Fia. 89.—Over two-fifths of the hogs and pigs in the United States are in the CornBelt, nearly one-fifth are in the Cotton- Belt, and nearly another fifth in the Corn andWinter Wheat Region. In 1919 there were, on the average, 106 swine per square mileIn the Com Belt, 27 in the Cotton Belt, 32 in the Corn and Winter Wheat Region17 In the Hay and Pasture Region, and about 4 per square mile in the remainder ofthe United States. Just as the cool Hay and Pasture Region finds the best outlet forits crops in feeding
A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ... . Fia. 89.—Over two-fifths of the hogs and pigs in the United States are in the CornBelt, nearly one-fifth are in the Cotton- Belt, and nearly another fifth in the Corn andWinter Wheat Region. In 1919 there were, on the average, 106 swine per square mileIn the Com Belt, 27 in the Cotton Belt, 32 in the Corn and Winter Wheat Region17 In the Hay and Pasture Region, and about 4 per square mile in the remainder ofthe United States. Just as the cool Hay and Pasture Region finds the best outlet forits crops in feeding dairy cows, so the warm, rich Corn Belt finds the growtng of cornand feeding of beef cattle and hogs its most profitable system of farming (see Ilea27 and 81). Swine m cities aiid villages numbered 2,638,389, which is about 4 per craitof the total number in the United States. 484 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, Fig. 90.—Nearly 60 per cent of the registered pure-bred hogs and pigs are in theCorn Belt. About one-seventh, as with pure-bred beef cattle, are in Iowa. Nearly5 per cent of the swine in the Corn Belt are registered, and 3 per cent in the remainderof the United States. Duroc-Jersey hogs constitute 40 per cent of the registered swinein the United States, Poland-China 35 per cent, Chester-White 9 per cent, Hampshire5 per cent, Berkshire 4 per cent, other breeds and unspecified 7 per cent. Iowa leadsall States in number of pure-bred Duroc-Jersey, Poland-China, Chester-White, Hampshireand Tamworth ; Indiana in number of spotted Poland-China ; Pennsylvania in Berkshires;Kansas in Essex ; and Minnesota in Yorkshires
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