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Teddy Roosevelt: “Wheat and other grains have been imported from light-rainfall countries to our lands in the West and Southwest that have…”

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Wheat and other grains have been imported from light-rainfall countries to our lands in the West and Southwest that have not grown crops because of light precipitation, resulting in an extensive addition to our cropping area and our home-making territory that can not be irrigated.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the benefits of importing grains to expand agricultural possibilities in arid regions.

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