THE MOVEMENT OF WHEAT-GROWING: A STUDY 

 OF A LEADING STATE 



BY C. W. THOMPSON 



(From the Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol. XVIII, p. 570, 

 November, 1903) 



AMONG the problems that arise in a study of wheat-farming 

 are (i) the cause of the westward movement of wheat- 

 growing and (2) the size of the most economical wheat farm. An 

 attempt will be made in this paper to apply to the above problems 

 the results of a study of a typical wheat state. 



The following table indicates the growth of wheat-growing in 

 Minnesota and her rank as a wheat-growing state : 



Crop failures in Kansas in 1902 gave Minnesota first rank for 

 that year. 



The growth thus made apparent has not been uniform, however. 

 In iS6o each of the 9 leading counties produced above 100,000 

 bushels, as follows : 



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