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binder is the most generally used machine, although 

 in the hilly sections places are found where the 

 wheat is cut by reaper, mower, or even by cradle. 

 Small threshing machines are the rule, and the 

 threshing takes place both out of shock and stack. 

 The latter is probably the more common method. 



y, Virginia. Blue Ridge in the background. 



The Wheat Supply and Demand in This Region. 

 -This region ranks low in production, only 5.7 per 

 cent of the 1913 crop in the United States being 

 credited to the ten states. Virginia, Kentucky, 

 and Tennessee rank highest, Florida and 

 Mississippi lowest. Here, as in the northeast, 

 the yields are not high, ten to fourteen bushels 

 per acre being the average, and not enough wheat 



