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BULLETIN 757, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
quarters of a million acres were growing in the State. Eve began to 
receive attention in 1913. and reached 350.000 acres in 1916. Pota- 
toes increased in acreage somewhat from 1910. there being about 
75,000 acres in 1915. 
LIVE STOCK. 
The production of live stock, particularly cattle (fig. 5), has in 
general increased in the State since 1860. The broad free ranges 
were particularly adapted to this enterprise until about 1900. 
Ranching is now principally confined to isolated areas in the western 
part of the State. 
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Fig. 5. — Livp stock in North Dakota (1860-1915). 
The years since 1S99 have seen a marked increase in cattle and 
horses, this increase being brought about by production on farms as 
distinguished from that on the more extensive ranches. Sheep, 
being well adapted to the broader range, have decreased as the land 
has been developed into farms. However, sheep production on the 
farms of the State probably increased somewhat during 1916 and 
1917. 
Hogs have increased in number since 1909. amounting to more than 
700,000 head in 1916. 
The lines in figure 5 show that there was a decrease in horses and 
hogs, and particularly in sheep, following 1900. and in cattle follow- 
