EACH DOT REPRESENTS 
O00 CATTLE AND CALVES 
SCALE 
Oo 10-20 3. 40 50 60Mites 
Sr 
Figure 35.—Distribution of cattle and calves on Florida farms, 1945. 
the land. The common practice is to run cattle en- 
tirely on natural range or unimproved pasture. The 
land is poorly stocked with trees, and at the same 
time produces such poor forage, that the landowners 
can raise only scrub cattle. Returns from both timber 
and cattle are very low. An increasing number of 
landowners are finding it more profitable to convert 
part of the land into improved pasture and use the 
remaining wild land as a supplemental or seasonal 
source of feed. This not only greatly increases the 
carrying capacity of the land, but permits the land- 
owner to raise improved breeds of cattle. At the 
present time, little consideration is given to the tim- 
ber-growing possibilities on the remaining unim- 
proved land. However, it seems probable that by 
keeping fire out of selected blocks long enough to 
permit forest regeneration, a crop of trees could be 
grown without greatly reducing the value of the land 
as a source of supplemental feed. In some instances, 
planting might be justified. 
40 Forest Resource Report No. 6, U. S. Department of Agriculture | 
