THE MOVEMENT OF WHEAT-GROWING 



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In the meantime there was a rapid falling off in the older 

 counties, as is indicated in the following table : 



Coming down to the year 1900, we find that there were 42 

 counties producing more than i ,000,000 bushels each ; and out 

 of these, 1 2 counties produced more than 2,000,000 bushels each. 

 The 9 leading counties are given below : 



I'.! SHI LI 



.... 



til . . 

 .:ile . . 

 jiii Parlc 

 . . 

 . . 

 Yellow Medicin 



hall 



4,128,620 

 3,941,160 

 3,698,160 



=593.390 

 2,552,700 

 2,529,620 



Thus the tendency of tin- wheat industry to shift northward and 

 .\n in the figures for 1890, is still further 

 cmphasi/.i-d by those for 1900. Figures since 1900 show further 

 :m-nt in this direction. The valley of tin- Kol River of the 

 i, that part of the valley of the Minnesota River noiti 

 Him- K;uth County, to^-ther \\itli the plains Kin- in.: 

 ately north and in tin- rent: rn part of the state, accordingly 



;v's great wheat-prod r.. .is in Mil 



