New geographies . states raise so many cattle(p. 148) ? Sheep are likewise raised in manysections. The state that produces thegreatest number is Montana, followedby Wyoming and New Mexico. Whyare there so many sheep in these states(p. 148)-? Although farming is by far our great-, ^ ^ . est industry, it is surpris- 8. Proportion of . • ,, \ £ land that is cui- mg what a smali part ortivated ^Y[ our land is now really under cultivation. Figure 209 makes this clear by the use of acircle. The circle represents all the land inthe United States, and the portion marked im-proved shows the part that i
New geographies . states raise so many cattle(p. 148) ? Sheep are likewise raised in manysections. The state that produces thegreatest number is Montana, followedby Wyoming and New Mexico. Whyare there so many sheep in these states(p. 148)-? Although farming is by far our great-, ^ ^ . est industry, it is surpris- 8. Proportion of . • ,, \ £ land that is cui- mg what a smali part ortivated ^Y[ our land is now really under cultivation. Figure 209 makes this clear by the use of acircle. The circle represents all the land inthe United States, and the portion marked im-proved shows the part that is now used to pro-duce crops. The part of the circle marked un-improved shows the proportion that has not yetbeen plowed, or otherwise improved, so as to raise crops. Some of it is swamp land, someis covered with forest or underbrush, some isused for grazing. From this figure it is plainthat less than one fourth of all the land in ourcountry is now really cultivated; and morethan one half is not even in Fig. 208.—Map showing the sections of the country where fruit raising isextensively carried on. One reason why there is so little cul-tivated land is that, as yet, ^ whysouttieonly the best has been land is under e 1 TTrri ii • cultivation farmed. When there is more need of farms, some of the poorer land
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