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Excerpt from Report of an Investigation of the Grasses of the Arid Districts of Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado
The eastern boundary Of the arid region has been commonly fixed at the one hundredth meridian. It has been estimated that nearly one-halt Of the land belonging to the United States, exclusive of the Territory of Alaska, lies west Of this line, and amounts to some acres.. Much the larger part Of this immense region consists of mountains and arid land. A large part of the land on the Pacific coast is productive without irrigation, and some Of the finest land for grazing purposes lies in the mountain valleys and parks, where there is an abundant rainfall. The remainder of this great domain consists mainly of arid land, such as the high mesas of Western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Southern. California, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming, in addition to those portions Of Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and New Mexico before mentioned.
Various estimates have been made as to the amount Of this arid land; probably two-thirds Of all the territory west of the one hundredth meri dian may be considered of this class, and so far as it has been utilized, has been chie¿y occupied for cattle and sheep ranches, for which pur pose alone it was thought to be adapted.
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