PASTURE LAND ON FARMS. 



roads, etc.; in short, all farm land that is not utilized directly for 

 agricultural production. In New England, in the South Atlantic 

 and East South Central States, as well as in Arkansas and Louisiana, 

 a large proportion of this land is in forests and marshes. On the 

 other hand, in parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, 

 and Kansas, as well as in the Western States, an appreciable pro- 



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UNIMPROVED PASTURE LAND ON FARMS 



(OTHER THAN WOODLAND PASTURE) 

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portion of the cultivated area remains idle every year because of 

 the practice of summer f alio whig. It therefore can not be con- 

 sidered as waste land. 



The regions of sparsest distribution of land not in crops or pasture 

 are at the two extremes of agricultural conditions. On the r 

 hand, there is little unused farm land in places where +1 

 few farms, as in northern Maine and the Adirondacl 



