As An Integrated Part of Western Agriculture

Contents: Introduction --- The Magnitude of Western Agriculture --- Diverse Patterns of Western Agriculture (Specialized Crop Farming – Crop Farming and Range Livestock Grazing – Regional Characteristics of Crop- and Range-Land Agriculture) --- Dependent Population --- Metropolitan Business Centers --- Bonds Between Western Agriculture and the Middle West and South --- Effects of Maladjusted Land Uses and of Range Depletion (Dry Farming or Range Husbandry – Other Maladjustments – Effects of Range Depletion on Integrated Western Agriculture) --- Range Land Submarginal for Private Ownership (Naturally Low Productive Capacity of the Range – Drought or Other Climatic Hazards – Accessibility to Market – Taxes and Tax Delinquency – Cost of Restoration and Rehabilitation – Use of Public Range Concealed Submarginality – Unsatisfactory Social Conditions – Other Considerations) --- Greater Security Possible from Balanced Agriculture --- The Problem of Integration of Western Agriculture.