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<br />Oil 1 ~i;~ <br /> <br />for ~enturlCS \0 be fully as nutmlllus lor li~-eSlu(k. and <br />the leguHl ha~ Jl'velupcd mlo une uf the principal <br />bt'ef.~.;lllk and woo!-produ.:lll!! Jrea~ uf till' l!mud <br />Slales. <br />WI leal Jlld ulher grains 11:.1\'''' bt'Cll mad... mun: <br />resistant hI dIM'JS\.' Jnd hy~rjd (orn has pushed th.:- Corn <br />Iklt fJrtJlcr north. bpI'dally lmportJrH h..l~ been th' <br />I:unlinued mcdl;mllaliun 01 IJrlll llperaliulls. S':h.'nllllt' <br />methods Jnd 'pc':IJlucd farm eqUlpJlh'nl have lnl:rcJ'>Cd <br />produ..:uol1. This Ir<'lId IS dearly eVIdent III the GreJl <br />PlalllS whl're rural populallllll has b...ell dcdillillg Slm:l' <br />1920. <br />Agrku]lure b the dominant C':Ulllllllk J.:tl\ity ill till' <br />basin Jnd popu]aullll lrclllh hJ\c b"ell intluen.:eJ by <br />dlJllges III agll<:ulture. ,'\i!ri..:uIUlral prllO.ludilJlI in thl' <br />bJSIIl IS m':ll'aslIlg. but effi':lcn.:y ~nd output Jl~'r "nJf\.;~'r <br /> <br />IS inCTC'asin!! at a faste! !;lle and there has been a de.:1ine <br />111 the number 01 fanners and laml W,Jrkeh. Agricultural <br />employment decrea,;ed 35 per.:ent and farm population <br />40 Jlercent between 1\140 and 19/10. As in the ~alion <br />th<<rl' was a rural tll urban tllovem<<nt of people. <br />\'lJnutJ.:turing. other .:unmhloity, and ll(ln~'onllllodity <br />employment lIl.:re;!<;cd about 70 per..:-cnt between ]940 <br />and t (l60. with a 50 per.:enl increase 1Il urban and TUra] <br />nonfarm population. Per .:aplla annual in.:ome and <br />eammgs improved bel....een 19-1-0 and 1<)00. but were <br />only $1/j29 w]lId1 WJ.S "I per.:ent of the national <br />a\cragc. O\erall p(lpul<ltion gro....lh is laggmg behind Ih<l' <br />01 till' \'atloll, rdledlllg the b<lsm'~ d.-penden.::e on a <br />Jedllling <lgri.::ultur<ll employment. a lesser g.ro....th in <br />manufacturing than fur the Salion. Jnd a beluw- <br />natiunal-<lvelage per .:apila illCUnll' and eJrnings. <br /> <br />FIGURE !> <br />POPULATION DENSITY-1960 <br />BY COUNTIES <br /> <br /> <br />1"-' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />--~ <br /> <br />'Uir') <br /> <br />...""'q.,..,..... <br /> <br />0 ,-... <br />. '... <br />ID ..-,... <br />. ,,-.... <br />. .' <br /> <br />1....J <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />\ <br />I <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />r <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />----" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />-' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />",' <br />" <br /> <br />~c.. <br /> <br />~ <br />.... _ i:i.- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~::~.- <br /> <br />7 <br />