| Show how flow land in A america me rica Is now put into use the ne land area of the united states state 8 Is about acres not counting important rivers and lakes three fourths of the land 1 Is used tor for crop and livestock population the cropland pasture and grazing land add up to nearly acres besides there are about acres in forests used mostly for producing lumb lumber er PUI pulpwood and d fuel 1 wood thus asa tur fue womb crops pasture e and n d timber er take about acres or 80 90 per cent of the nations ian land d area of the other 10 per cent about acres of slight agricultural use uie consists of deserts rocky areas swamps and the like in addition about acres are used primarily for recreation and travel made up of parks game refuges railroads highways farm steeds military lands and sa s1 similar m liar tracts and finally there are about acres in cities and towns these are the tha major uses of the land though much of it is used tor for several purposes only about a fifth of the land area or a little over acres is used for crop production this includes the land actually used in raising crops as well as idle or tallow fallow cropland in recent years about acres have been planted in crops or used for growing them thus the enormous crop production of present day agriculture comes from less than a fifth of the land area |
