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BULLETIN 626, U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



taut in the Lake States, the Ohio Valley, Xew York, and Xew Eng- 

 land. The Southern States hare comparatively little pasture. 



Figure 2 shows the relative importance of pasture as compared 

 with total farm land. Only six counties east of the 99th meridian 

 have 90 per cent of the farm land in pasture and only a small 

 number of counties have over 50 per cent. In much of the area 



FIG. 2 



PASTURE LAND 



PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL LAND 'N FARMS 

 19 9 



where corn and winter wheat are grown, pasture comprises from 

 one-fifth to one-half of the total farm land. In many of these areas 

 pasture occupies a regular place in a three-year or four-year system 

 of rotation. 



Figure 3 shows that it is in the great agricultural States that im- 

 proved pasture is mostly concentrated. The most important areas 

 are in eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia, Kentucky, Iowa, 



