| Show FEW FARMS ARE WITHOUT SOME LAND even with the best farming practices 18 per cent of the present crop land in the U S about ib acres acre is iq too poor or for other reasons is not adapted or profitable crop production according to the 1938 yearbook of agriculture soils and men only a comparatively few of 1 the nearly farms are without some land much of which might be put to a il more profitable use as per permanent manen pastures woodlots wood woodI lots and wildai wildlife f fe tl I 1 habitats than as cultivated land in addition the yearbook points out there are large tracts of poor land that might better be owned and managed by public agencies either state or federal the task of diverting this land to its be best s t natural use is too great for t the e individual under the land program of the united states department of agriculture more than acres of land has either cither been purchased or is being acquired the department under title III of the bank acad jones act now has projects in 39 states more than 30 new projects have been approved during the past year several of these are in the great plains where drought dust and depression have aggravated bated the problems of kanj an 1 adi adjustment ment in this area the chief iro o bIeni is to create larger operating units to enable farmers to fro from m wheat cultivation to stock farming and to assist ranchers to control their range and prevent nt overgrazing windblown areas have bean rz ra seeded fodder destroying rodents eradicated and provisions made for adequate water facilities for livestock more afore than 1700 small dams have been built in the great plains in the projects in the south an and d east land is also being shifted from crops to pasture |
