Show I S n i. N t 11 t Ji f A U i rt I Wrt W I f 1 J 1 HOW MUCH LAND DO WE HAVE Re Reprinted rom Mont rn Our ur Land and Its Care Caro Published by the National Plant Food hood Institute Since our land is JS our greatest and wd most mot valuable resource It tt i. i te Ls J well to consider how v much we have The Tho land of 01 continental United States total acres The total l land laud area arM in farms is acres acree of which about acres aro used as cropland and arc are voted dp-voted d to pasture 1 Inclusive Exclusive of forests forest and grazing ng land the thee j I I remainder is Used for cities roads homes parks air fiel fields s reservations l or is desert esert or waste land I yc We have about a acres acmes res on which to rai raise allour all allour allour our food an and fiber and nud to support our animal population This a that for every cry matt mail woman and child in the United f f tatos hi in 1954 there arc are about 26 acres of cropland and over 63 acres of grazing land or a total of about 9 acres for each person As our population increases the acreage per capita naturally will decrease When we compare our our land resources with those of oi other I countries we can better appreciate our good fortune The Uni United Kingdom lra has ha a about out acres of ot ara arable le land per capita France Italy Denmark Belgium Brazil Drazil Argentina 40 In India ia China and aud Japan |