. Dairy farming. Dairying; Cattle. 206 DAIRY FARMING Evidently cattle may be used to condense large quantities of roughage into beef and butter for shipment to distant markets. Another factor favoring the location of beef cattle in the regions of least population is the fact that beef animals can thrive on ranges that are too poor to support a good dairy cow. In the irrigated valleys of the Northwest that have. Fig. 68. — Distribution of dairy cows in the United States. The largest numbers of dairy cows are kept in the cool regions that have good blue- grass pastures. excellent blue-grass past
. Dairy farming. Dairying; Cattle. 206 DAIRY FARMING Evidently cattle may be used to condense large quantities of roughage into beef and butter for shipment to distant markets. Another factor favoring the location of beef cattle in the regions of least population is the fact that beef animals can thrive on ranges that are too poor to support a good dairy cow. In the irrigated valleys of the Northwest that have. Fig. 68. — Distribution of dairy cows in the United States. The largest numbers of dairy cows are kept in the cool regions that have good blue- grass pastures. excellent blue-grass pastures dairy cows have practically displaced beef cattle, but the dry range grasses that are just above the irrigation ditch are given over to beef cattle or sheep. Most of the beef animals are raised west of the Mississippi River, although many of them are fattened east of it. In 1910 the New England, Middle Atlantic and East North Central States had over 4 out of each 10 dairy cows in the United States, but had less than 1 out of each 10 other Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eckles, C. H. (Clarence Henry), 1875-1933; Warren, George F. (George Frederick), 1874-1938, joint author. New York, The Macmillan company
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