Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... States. This utilization is here indicated by means of six classes of territory, as follows: Class (/) territory.--Of this, more than 75 per cent consists of land improved for farming, i. e., either cultivated or used for pasture; the remainder (being less than 25 per cent) consists of one or more of several kinds of land--woodland, cut-over timberland, swamp land, unbroken prairie, range, and waste land. The bulk of this class (1) territory, as shown on map 6, is contained in the grain belt extending from Ohio through the Central States into the Dakotas. Isolated portions of this class occur as far east as New York, as far south as Texas, and as far west as California. Small portions of it are dotted throughout the far Western States, where land has been reclaimed through irrigation. Class 2) territory.--Of this, not less than 50 nor more than 75 per cent consists of land improved for farming; the remainder (not less than 25 nor more than 50 per cent) consists of the other kinds of land above enumerated. The bulk of this class (2) territory is contained in areas surrounding the grain belt and other portions of class (1). Class (3) territory.--Of this from 25 to 50 per cent is improved; the remainder (50 to 75 per cent) being as above enumerated. In this class, then, there is more unimproved land than improved land. More than half of the area here consists either of unimproved farm land, of farm woodland, or of land entirely outside of farms. This class (3) territory, as seen from the map, occurs in many regions. In New England, New York, and Pennsylvania the unimproved portions are largely farm woodland; on the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain they are largely farm woodland and cut-over timberland outside of farms; in Texas they are...
