The agricultural land uses have been the prime concern of the state from the very first day of its existence. The agricultural land uses account for the largest proportion of the total area. Cropland includes all of the cultivated areas used in the production of food, fibers and other uses. It includes not only cropland harvested but also planted areas that have suffered from crop failure and cropland areas that are temporarily idle or fallow.
The concept of pasture and grazing lands is somewhat more complicated. It really involves two types of land use arable pasture plus range and grazing land. Arable pasture includes all those improved pasture areas that are considered plowable and that might easily be shifted into cropland use. Areas of this type frequently are interspersed with croplands. As a result these two uses overlap. It is often desirable to treat them together under the designation of arable farm land.
The concept of pasture land also overlaps with that of range and grazing land. The term "range" is ordinarily associated with the large, naturally vegetated grazing lands found in the low rainfall areas. Some range lands have a cropland potential, particularly if they can be irrigated. But most of them are best adopted to permanent grazing use.
Generally speaking, the concept of range and grazing land applies to those lands that produce forage cover for grazing by domestic animals and game mammals. But these lands are generally unsuited for cultivation because of inadequate rainfall, rough topography, or high altitude. This subclassification includes not only range lands but also many smaller non-arable areas, such as nonplowable rough pasture land.
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forest products; residential lands; industrial sites; transportation lands; recreational lands; non-agricultural uses; principal types of land use; means of production; intensive human use;cultivated areas
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1. Cropland is a cultivated area used in the production of.... 2. Cropland also includes the planted areas that are temporarily.... 3. What are pastures? Pastures really are range and.... 4. Most of range lands are best adopted to....5. There are some principal kinds of land use. They are....6. Residential lands represent the areas where most people live... and....
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agricultural lands; residential lands; industrial sites; transportation lands; recreational lands; national parks; non-agricultural land; forest land; lands of water supply; lands of state supply
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1. We remember that natural areas must be.... 2. We consider the land to be a space to conduct activities and... of production. 4. Residential lands and industrial sites cover only a small... of the earth's surface. 5. Arable pasture includes all improved... areas that are considered plowable and may be easily converted into cropland again. 6. What does the... "range" mean? 7. Most of range lands are best adopted to... grazing use. 8. There are some pastures that produce... cover for grazing by domestic animals and game mammals.
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1. These lands produce forage cover for grazing by domestic animals and game mammals. 2. The year 1839 saw the appearance of the disk plow. 3. With the efficient power the farmer began to plow and disk, to harrow and plant, to fertilize and harvest. 4. This plant is grown in the south of Ukraine. 5. If you overwork the rich farmland it depletes its fertility. 6. The harvest time has began.
