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other hand, there is little unused farm land in the most fertile agri- 

 cultural regions where nearly ah the land in farms is utilized, as in 

 Illinois and Iowa. 



Land not in farm*, — In this connection it is interesting to consider 

 the amount and distribution of land not in farms. These figures 



FIG. 6 



LAND IN FARMS 

 OTHER THAN LAND IN CROPS AND IN PASTURE 



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are derived by subtracting the land in farms as reported by the 

 Bureau of the Census from the total land area of counties as reported 

 by the same authority. The following table presents the results 

 by geographic divisions and States, and figure 7 shows the distribution 

 of land not in farms by counties: 



