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<br />.1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />3 <br />4 <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />o <br />C~ <br /> <br />~. <br />~.. <br />~ji <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />Topic title <br /> <br />CHAPrER I - PHYSICAL DESCRIPl'ION IN RELATION TO <br />AGRICULTURE <br />Introduction <br />Relief <br />Soils snd Their Parent Materials <br />Natural Vegetation <br />. Climate <br /> <br />Pap;e no. <br /> <br />CHAPrER II - THE AGRICULTllRAL ECONOMY 12 <br />Introduction 12 <br />Population 13 <br />Land Ownership 14 <br />Msjor Uses of Public Land . 17 <br />Farmland 18 <br />Tenure of Farm Operators 21 <br />Sizes of Farlll8.. and Ranches 24 <br />Types of FSrlll8 27 <br />:Crop Acreage and Production 29 <br />Livestock on Farms 32 <br />Sources snd Value of Ferm Products Sold 34 <br />.Value of Farm Property. 37 <br />Claaaes and Characteristica of.Farms 38 <br />General Economic Factors Influencing.Agriculture in the <br />. Basins 45 <br />sUmmary 49 <br /> <br />CHAPl'ER III - CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF FARMLAND AND. <br />RANGELAND 51 <br />Objectives and Scope. .51 <br />Types and Sources of Deta 52 <br />Description of the Land-Treatmant Problema 55 <br />The Program for Conservation and Improvement of Farmland <br />'and Rangeland. . . 82 <br />Program Costs 102 <br />.Benafits Accruing from Application of Program 106 <br />Further Intensification for Increased Production 112 <br /> <br />CHAPl'ER IV - FORESTRY 114 <br />Purpose and Scope 114 <br />Forests of the AWR Basins 115 <br />Forest-Resourc:e Problema and Needs. 124 <br />A Program for Forest Lands .139 <br />SUDDDBry of Cost. for. the Forest Program 149 <br />Benefits from the Forest Program 150 <br /> <br />iv <br />