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Title: A graphic summary of American agriculture, based largely on the census of 1920 ...
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Beker, Oliver Edwin, 1883-
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: (Washington
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Pig. 33.—It should be noted that a dot on this map represents only one-flfth as muchacreage as on the maps of corn, wheat, and oats. Barley is a minor crop in theUnited States compared with these crops, except in southeastern Wisconsin, southeasternand northwestern Minnesota, the eastern portions of the Dakotas, and the valleys ofCalifornia. In these five States nearly two-thirds of the Nations barley acreage isfound. Minor centers may be noted on the map in northwestern Kansas, southeastern,Michigan, and northwestern New York. These barley districts are characterized by acool, sunny climate. The crop In California is grown during tbe winter. Much barleyis also sown in California to be cut green for hay (see Fig. 45). A Graphic Summary of American Agricubtv/re. 443
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Pig. 34.—Rye acreage in North Dakota increased from 48,000 in 1909 to 2,422 000 in1919. TMs acreage in Nortli Dakota in 1919 was almost one-third of the total in theUnited States, although, owing to an unfavorable season, the production was littlegreater than in Michigan. Rye heretofore has been grown mostly in the sandy sec-tions of the Lake States, and this sudden extension of production onto the subhumidlanda of the Spring Wheat and Great Plaina regions is an interesting and probably sig-nificant development. The acreage of rye in the United States in 1919 was much greaterthan ever before, exceeding, even, the acreage of barley, but has declined nearly half dur-ing the past two years. 99912°—YBK 1921- -29 444 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture, 1921.

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