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An accurate topographic map of the State would show the contrast 

 iu the physical features of the glaciated and the unglaciated portions bet- 

 ter than any other description or illustration that could be given to a 

 person whoh had not been over the area to investigate the contrast. 

 In the glaciated area the lines would run in large regular curves and 

 far apart, showing the snioothncss and regularity of the surface. South 

 of the drift limit the lines would l)e close together with a very winding 

 coui'se and sharp curves, showing a region of deep, narrow valleys, ir- 

 regular divides and abrupt cliffs. 



I'OITLATIO.X AM) LAX1> VALUES. 



About four-lifths of Indiana is in tlie glaci.-iti'd area. 



Excluding Indianapolis, almut one-eiglitli <if the pnpulafion of the 

 State is in tlie unglaciated ai'c;i. New Alliank ;ind Jefferson ville, although 

 included in the unglaciated area, really d<i not belong in tiial class but 

 are river valley towns and tlieir jpoiiiilation Ji.-is lu'cn increased by the 

 condition of tlie surrounding .irea. 



The next largest towns in tlie unglaciated area ai'e. IMooniington and 

 Bedford, with jKipnlations of alioul ;i.(H)(» cacli. with no other towns com- 

 ing up to this size liy less than lialf. 



In the unglaciated area the aver.ige jier cent, of the l;ind under 

 cultivation is abont •',(» jier cent, and is valneil on the average at about 

 ^40 per acre, wiiile in the glaciated area over "."i jier cent, is under culti- 

 vation and sells on the aver.age at .$S5 per .acre. The average is lowered 

 greatly by the sand hills of Lake County. In the central counties about 

 95 i)er cent, of the land is under cultivation, and nuich of its sells at 

 prices ranging from $10f) to $ir)0 per acre, or even nioic where within a 

 few miles of good market centers. 



