140 THE FARMER OF TO-MORROW 



Even under the liberal census enumeration of 

 improved acres to-day, only one-half of the 

 land nominally in farms is being cropped. 

 How great this proportion will be eventually 

 can, at the present day, be only approximated. 

 Rough pasture and wood lots probably will 

 eventually represent 500,000,000 acres. By 

 this rough estimate then the ultimate domain 

 of the American Farmer will slightly exceed 

 one billion acres, or fifty per cent, of the land 

 and water area of the country. 



