. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 89.—Over two-fiftlis of the hogs and pigs in the United States are in the CornBelt, nearly one-fifth are in the Cotton Belt, and nearly another fifth in the Corn andWinter Wheat Region. In 1919 there were, on the average, 106 swine per square milein the Corn Belt, 27 in the Cotton Belt, 32 in the Corn and Winter Wheat Region,17 in the Hay and Pasture Region, and about 4 per square mile in thi- remainder ofthe United States. Just as the cool Hay and Pasture Region finds the best outlet forits crops in feeding dairy cows, so the warm, rich Corn Belt finds the gro
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. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig. 89.—Over two-fiftlis of the hogs and pigs in the United States are in the CornBelt, nearly one-fifth are in the Cotton Belt, and nearly another fifth in the Corn andWinter Wheat Region. In 1919 there were, on the average, 106 swine per square milein the Corn Belt, 27 in the Cotton Belt, 32 in the Corn and Winter Wheat Region, 17 in the Hay and Pasture Region, and about 4 per square mile in thi- remainder ofthe United States. Just as the cool Hay and Pasture Region finds the best outlet forits crops in feeding dairy cows, so the warm, rich Corn Belt finds the growing of cornand feeding of beef cattle and hogs its most profitable system of farming (see Figs.27 and 81). Swine in cities and villages numbered 2, 6.38, 389, which is about 4 per centof the total number in the United States. 484 Te^rbooh of the Department of Agriculture^ 1921.