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THE WHEAT INDUSTRY 



is raised to supply the local needs. This is in part 

 due to adverse soil and climatic conditions. The 

 yield, however, could undoubtedly be increased 

 were more improved methods of farming employed. 

 Most of the wheat is cared for by the local markets, 

 and the greater part of it is milled near the place 

 of production. Market conditions are .good. The 



Courtesy Norfolk and Western Railway. 

 FIG. 104. Harvest scene in the Great Valley of southern Virginia, near Roanoke. 



price of wheat is higher in this section than any- 

 where else in the United States. The price per 

 bushel received by the farmers is from 25 to 50 per 

 cent higher than that received by the wheat 

 farmers of Kansas and Montana, and is generally 

 considerably above the prices paid even in the 

 northeastern states. In 1913 the wheat farmer of 



