. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. May, 1943 Yeatter: Prairie Chicken in Illin( 381 can be grown at little cost, and with special crops such as ; Grown in southern Illinois since about 1875, redtop may be either a seed or hay crop. The seed is one of the chief cash crops of the region. Burlison, Stewart, Ross & Whalin (1934), who state that approximately 85 per cent of the world's redtop seed and 95 per cent of the redtop seed pro- 2. MIXED duced in the United States are grown in south central Illinois, point out that the concentration of redtop production in that reg
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. May, 1943 Yeatter: Prairie Chicken in Illin( 381 can be grown at little cost, and with special crops such as ; Grown in southern Illinois since about 1875, redtop may be either a seed or hay crop. The seed is one of the chief cash crops of the region. Burlison, Stewart, Ross & Whalin (1934), who state that approximately 85 per cent of the world's redtop seed and 95 per cent of the redtop seed pro- 2. MIXED duced in the United States are grown in south central Illinois, point out that the concentration of redtop production in that region has been due to a combination of economic factors, favorable climate, and soib not well adapted to other crops. The cropping system practiced in Area Ih is illustrated by the following approxi- mate percentages of acreage in various crops and idle land in 1929: corn 18 per LIVESTOCK 7^^^ â ^"'(lZI^ \\and truck 3. LIVESTOCK AND GRAIN. DAIRY 4. CASH GRAIN 5. GENERAL \- 1 '5 FARMING X^p , K E \scotI^" MIXED FARMING 6. WHEAT, DAIRY AND POULTRY FAl^fYTE L BOND I / U| IJ^ I V fflCHLAND |l«J^LNCeJ T ' Z f\ MARION '-^ I I CLINT^I fY-|3- ST CLAIR I j^ ''^i 1-, 1 ,( 3§\ â¢?', ( /^l"^ WAYNE \\jr) ^ MONROE LIVESTOCK 9. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE Fig. 2.âNine major types of farming areas in Illinois. After Case & Myers (1934).. 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 Illinois. Natural History Survey Division. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division
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