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<br />Agriculture
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<br />Today. ,I, in the past, agrio:uluut' I, the pled.)minan!
<br />means ollivdlhl)l,J and the majur proJuc'er 01 wealth
<br />wuhin the b;J.SlO. \0 ,)ll1er ma],lr rcgl,H1~ in the United
<br />Stale~ equal the \h~:,uuri !hsin in the productiun u\
<br />small grams and meal. the ba,m\ speclahue, Regularly.
<br />lh.. ba'ln produce'S a thud or more at Ihe \JIlllll'S whe'!!.
<br />31 pt"rcl.'lll Ollh "l/I~hum. ~tl percelll lJf lb b;HJey. ..\4
<br />pcran! of Ih com. and 21 p.?r..:enl of LIS uats. Al,'l, Ih~'
<br />basin pr'luu":",, O!\('.!vurth 01 Ihe 'alioll's red mea!
<br />animah-..:alllc. hog" ;,md sheep. TIlis IS ,t<:<:lllllrhsh,'d \'11
<br />only 15 percent uf the land area within the United
<br />States.
<br />\Iueh ur the luLl1 e':l!1ll.mly of the ba,m. wher
<br />dir..ctly ur llldlfedly. IS depend'::l1! upon Jgn,ulture. :\
<br />large part .,r' the nUlh'(lmn1\lJll~ pwJunng -<egmcnl of
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<br />fIGURE- 8
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<br />the e!;"onum~ PW\'IJC' Jgrh.:ulllHJI SCr\iI'::i, ~udl as mild}.
<br />inNY maintenJlh.:e. reed grinJill~_ fud ddiv",ry, fertililCr.
<br />and ~imibr 'i"'f\'k'es JIf(,"dly to th... fum,'1 Food pfo..:es,..
<br />ing is the basin\ Lirgesl manufa":lurinj! '~gment. TIle
<br />Lnge liw'il,,,..k markets Jnd numerou, meJI pJ..:kmg
<br />pb11ls :ne llnpurlJllllLllhL' e":Llllomy of Ihe baslll,
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<br />..\hnul Jl ~ mlllllll1 ades of bnd III lhe ba,ln Jre IIsed
<br />Illl sOllie a~rlL'ultural pUrpllSt' Gra'isbnds '::ompTlse the
<br />largl'sl ma]l)! uo;(' and a,.(oUnl fm 5.J. per(('llI of the tOlal
<br />area.]n Jddil1<'lI. ah,lllt 31 rern'lIlu! th.:' land ]..,'ulli-
<br />\'aled. I1l11t' per..:t'nt to; in ('Hesl Jnd woudland, and ap-
<br />pr\J"mJld~ ~i\ pt't.:enl i, dev\Jtt'd Iv miscellaneous
<br />Jgri.:ultural and Tllll1-Jgri.::ultulal lh," !<tee fj~url' ~I.
<br />Sh()fla~e uf WJh"r t.. J nlajll[ ]illlltlllg fa!;"lvr in agri.::ul-
<br />lural produo.:livn 1Il lhe add anJ S<'miand dimalio.: lottes,
<br />Aprro\lmJ!ely 7.4 milli(\TI ad...s. 01 o;e\'ell perl.'enL of lhe
<br />l.'rupbnd Jre irtlgJleJ. [ltig<lliun is practi,-ed prin.::ipally
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