WHEAT 133 



ing wheat in the Palouse country is given as 

 26 to 40 cents per bushel, depending on the season, 

 the method of farming and the distance from 

 market. An even lower cost of production is re- 

 ported for the Great Bend country and other 

 wheat growing areas in Washington. 



The average export price of wheat for the five 

 years, 1906-1910, was eighty-fiv^ and one-half 

 cents per bushel.* The average total wheat 

 marketed by the four states per year for four 

 years 1906 to 1909 was 49,493,041 bushels. The 

 wheat is all handled in sacks. There are no grain 

 elevators. In their place, ware houses are used 

 and open platforms on which the grain is piled 

 to await shipment. 



In 1906 there were in operation in Oregon, 

 Washington and Idaho, 241 flour mills with a 

 combined output of 40,620 barrels of flour per day. 

 Nearly two-thirds of the wheat produced is used 

 for home consumption in the coast states or in 

 the adjacent mountain states. The excess is 

 exported largely to China and Japan. The total 

 exports of wheat from Pacific ports in the United 

 States averaged 29,000,000 bushels per year for 

 five years, 1906 to 1910. 



"United States Bureau of Statistics Bulletin No. 89. 



