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Fw. 82. — Nearly half the dairy cattle iu the United States are io the Hay and Pas- 

 ture Region and the adjacent northern and eastern margin of the Corn Belt. Other 

 dense areas will be noted in southeastern Pennsylvania, which is really Corn Belt 

 country, and iu the valleys of the North and South Pacific ie>rious. In the ( otton Belt, 

 especially the northern portion, dairy cattle are more numerous than beef cattle, but 

 in the Great Plains, Rocky Mountain, and Arid Intermountain Regions they are much 

 less numerous. Nine-tenths of the dairy cattle are in the East. The dairy cattle In 

 cities and villages ("not on farms and ranges") number 1,1.'-'(),.")G4, which i.s less than 

 4 per cent of all dairy cattle and calves in the United States. (See Figs. 25, 40, and 85.) 



