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BULLETIN 626, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
tant in the Lake States, the Ohio Valley, New York, and New Eng- 
land. The Southern States have 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 IN FARMS 
19 9 
LEGEND 
UNDER 5 PER CENT 
1 1 
S TO 9 PER CENT 
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10 TO 14 PER CENT 
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15 TO 19 PER CENT 
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23 TO 24 PER CENT 
Y.-//A 
25 TO 29 PER CENT 
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30 TO 39 PER CENT 
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40 TO 49 PER CENT 
KXXXJ 
50 TO 59 PER CENT 
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SO TO 69 PER CENT 
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70 TO 79 PER CENT 
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60 TO 89 PER CENT 
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90 PER CENT ANOOVE 
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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, 
