234 SOILING CROPS AND THE SILO. 



Grouping States and Provinces. — The order 

 followed in grouping the various states of the Union 

 and the provinces of Canada, will be substantially 

 the same as that given in the book on "Forage 

 Crops," previously published by the Author. It is 

 as follows : — 



Section No. i includes all the arable country 

 north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers, and east of 

 Indiana and Wisconsin. In other words it includes 

 the New England states, the states of New York, 

 New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 

 Ohio, Michigan and Ontario, Quebec and the 

 Maritime or Atlantic provinces of Canada. Sec- 

 tion No. 2 covers the country west of the states of 

 Michigan and Ohio, north of the Ohio and Missouri 

 rivers and east of the Dakotas and the province of 

 Assinaboia in Canada, that is to say, it covers the 

 states of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 

 Iowa, part of Missouri, and the province of Mani- 

 toba in Canada. Section No. 3 includes the states 

 south of the Potomac, Ohio and Missouri rivers, and 

 east of the ninety-fifth meridian of west longitude. 

 It therefore includes the states of Virginia, Ken- 

 tucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, 

 Arkansas and part of Missouri. Section No. 4 

 embraces the states west of the ninety-fifth 

 meridian of West Longitude, east of the Rocky 

 mountains and south of the Dakotas. In other 

 words it embraces Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and 

 Texas. Section No. 5 covers the country north 

 from Nebraska, west of Minnesota and Manitoba 

 and east of the Rocky mountains, that is to say, it 

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