Show LAND UNDER cultivation department of agriculture estimates acres are not in use washington only 27 per cent of 0 the tillable land 0 of tho the united states Is actually under cultivation according to estimates of the department of agriculture based upon reports of 00 0 correspondents the entire united states excluding foreign possessions contains about I 1 acres of this area about GO per cent or acres Is estimated to be tillable that Js Is capable of being brought under cultivation by iveans of the plow this thia includes land already under such cultivation and that which in the future may be brought under cultivation by clearing drainage irrigation etc acres or 19 per cent are estimated to be but valuable for pasture or fruits only 21 per cent or acres was estimated to be of no use tor for agriculture present or future |