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Marginal Production of Livestock

Armour's Livestock Bureau

Abstract

Specialized Areas of Production

Agriculturally the United States differs from practically all other countries due to the diversity of its producing areas. This diversity is expressed by the commonly used terms of corn belt, wheat belt, cotton belt, tobacco belt, citrus sections, apple sections, grape sections, feeding sections, dairy sections, and the range. These terms imply not only that the areas in question are well adapted to the type of production listed, but also that, in addition to supplying their own local demand, they can provide a surplus which dominates competition in interstate trade.

With respect to the production of specific crops, the States may be divided into three groups, or classes. The first consists of those States which are so limited by nature that they can not produce the particular crop at all or else that they can supply only local demand. The second group comprises States which in favorable crop years or at times of high prices may work their products into interstate or international trade at a reasonable profit.