. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 80.—Cattle are more evenly distributed over the United States than any otherkind of live stock. The :e;~t area is in Iowa, northern Missouri, eastern Nebraska,southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, and northwestern IlUnoii. On Jan-^ary 1. 1920,there were about 14 million cattle in the Corn Belt, or 60 to the squsre mile: 12million in the Hay and Pasture R<gion, which is 36 to the square mile ; 10 million inthe Corn and Winter Wheat Recrfon. which i- 32 to the square mi:e ; 9 million in theCotton Belt, or 21 to the square mile ; and 9i million in the Great Pl
. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 80.—Cattle are more evenly distributed over the United States than any otherkind of live stock. The :e;~t area is in Iowa, northern Missouri, eastern Nebraska,southern Minnesota and Wisconsin, and northwestern IlUnoii. On Jan-^ary 1. 1920,there were about 14 million cattle in the Corn Belt, or 60 to the squsre mile: 12million in the Hay and Pasture R<gion, which is 36 to the square mile ; 10 million inthe Corn and Winter Wheat Recrfon. which i- 32 to the square mi:e ; 9 million in theCotton Belt, or 21 to the square mile ; and 9i million in the Great Plains Region, orabout 20 to the square mile. The seven other res^ions had about 14 million cattle, anaverage of 11 to the square mile. In Iowa there were 82 cattle to the square mile.(See Figs. 11, 27, and 3S.) 99912°—YBK 1921- -31 476 Yearbook of fixe DcjKirtmcttf of Agrieulture^ Fig. 81.—Beef cattle constitute slightlv over half the total number of cattle an theUnited States, but slightlv less than half the value. Over 8 million beef cattle iin in cities and villages. A Graphic Summary of Amer/can Agiicultuif. 477
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