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<br /> <br />" 00 Z 373 <br /> <br />111",.:1.: <br />I j <br />I, ' <br />II <br />",1 <br />['"' <br />" <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />i, <br />", <br />, <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />SUMMARY FOREWORD . . <br />A PICTORIAL SURVEY OF THE GREAT PLAINS <br /> <br />Page <br />1 <br />14 <br /> <br />Part 1. General Physical ChCll"acteristlcs of the Area <br /> <br />CHAPTER 1. I'HY1lICAL CHARACTERISTICS: <br /> <br />Extent and Boundarie. <br />Climate of the Great Plains <br />Rainfall Variability <br />Local Climatic Variations <br />Temperature Variability <br />High Wind Velocity . <br />Climatic Variability and Crop Yields <br />Climatic Variability and Water Supply <br />Climatic Change . <br />Waters of the Great Plain. <br />Surface Water. <br />Ground Watera <br />Soils of the Great Plains <br />Differencea Between the Great Plains and Other Areas <br /> <br />23 <br />27 <br />27 <br />28 <br />28 <br />30 <br />32 <br />32 <br />32 <br />33 <br />33 <br />33 <br />34 <br />36 <br /> <br />Pcut n. Use cmd Misuse of Lcmds and Waters <br /> <br />CHAP'lER II. POPULATION, SE1TLEAlENT, AND LAND USE: <br /> <br />Population <br />Characteristic Uses of Land <br />Conditions Stimulating Unwise Settlement <br />The Range Industry . <br />Development of Crop Far~. <br />Public Land Policy <br />Year. of Abundant Rainfall and High Wheat Pricea <br />New Farming Methods and Crop Varieties: Power Machinery . <br />Lack of Knowledge of Diverse Conditions <br />Speculation <br /> <br />39 <br />39 <br />40 <br />40 <br />40 <br />40 <br />41 <br />41 <br />42 <br />42 <br /> <br />i <br />I <br />II <br /> <br />jl <br />1,)1 <br />fI <br /> <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />I: <br />.' <br />,. <br /> <br />" <br />