PRODUCTWy OF WHEAT 133 



Table VII and Figure 61 show Kansas, North Dakota, 

 Minnesota, Nebraska, and Washington to be the leading 

 wheat states. These five states produce 44 per cent of the 

 entire wheat crop of the United States. The ten states in- 

 cluded in Table VII produce 67 per cent of the entire wheat 

 KAS. mm^mm^^^m^^H^im^^mi^^^mKm^ma^m^mmmmm 12.03% 



MlNN.^^K^^aa^^m^ma^^m^a^^^^m 6.76% 

 NEB. ^mmm^^am^K^i^^m^mmmmm 7.00% 

 WASK.^^mmmmmmm^K^K^mmm 5.77% 

 S. D. ^mmma^^mmmmmamm^ 5.54% 

 ILL. ^mmt^mammmmmmam 4.73% 



IND. HH^BHHI^B^HHHBi 4.66% 

 OHIO ^^■^■^^■■^^■■1 4.37% 



MO. ^^^a^m^immm^ 4.10% 



Figure 51.— The percentage of the wheat crop in the United States produced in 

 each of the ten states of largest production, 1908-1917. 



crop of the United States, which locates the wheat belt in 

 the North Central states. 



The importance of the crop in the various states is best 

 shown by the proportion of the improved farm acreage which 

 is annually devoted to it. Slightly more than one tenth 

 (10.3 per cent) of the improved farm acreage of the United 

 States was devoted to wheat from 1908 to 1917. A larger 

 proportion of the improved farm land was sown to this 

 crop in North Dakota than in any other state, as shown by 

 KAS. t^^^^^^mm^ammmm 2l.27o 



MINN.^^HBBB^IBBIHHHHHHI 20.6% 

 NEB. ^^^■^■1^^12.1% 



WASK.^mmm^tmmm^^m^mmm/m^mmM 30.9% 



S. D. ^Hi^^^i^^^H^^HHBB 22.5% 



ILL. ^^^mmi 7.6% 

 IND. mmmmmmmmm 12.6% 

 OHIO 



MO. 



Figure 52. — The percentage of improved farm land which is annually planted to 

 ■wheat in the ten states of largest production and in the United States, 1908-1917. 



Figure 52. In Kansas, ^linnesota, Washington, and South 

 Dakota more than one fifth of the improved farm land was 

 devoted to wheat. 



