8 BULLETIN 1295, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
INCREASE, IMPROVED LAND IN FARMS 
1910-1920 
Freaks pe TO 
1,000 ACRES 
Fic. 7.—In northwestern Minnesota the increase in improved land in several counties 
was more extensive than the increase in the area of land in farms. In a large part 
of this district comparatively little clearing was necessary. Southwestern Minnesota 
and the western part of the southern peninsula of Michigan were also districts in 
which the improvement of farm land already occupied was more extensive than the 
expansion of the area of land in farms. In general, in northern and eastern Minnesota, 
northern Wisconsin, and the northern peninsula of Michigan the area of improved 
land did not keep pace with the expansion of the farming area 
DECREASE, IMPROVED LAND IN FARMS 
ISIO-1920 
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Fic. 8.—The tendency toward a decrease of the area of land in farms in the southern 
parts of the three States (fig. 6) was accompanied by a decrease in the area of im- 
proved land in farms. However, in certain counties the decrease of improved land 
was even greater than the decrease of land in farms 
