202 FIELD CROPS 



246. Production in the United States. Barley is ninth 

 in value among our field crops, ranking below corn, cotton, 

 wheat, hay, oats, potatoes, sugar, and tobacco. It is fourth 

 among the cereals, following corn, wheat, and oats, and rank- 

 ing above rice and rye. The average area devoted to barley 

 in the United States during the ten years from 1908 to 1917 

 was 7,605,000 acres. During this period the mean yield 

 was 25.1 bushels to the acre; the average annual production, 



CALIF, —^^^^^—i^ ^^—ii^^^^—i^^^^ ^ 19.5% 



MINN, mmm^m^imt ^^m^mm^^^m^ am^mam 17.6% 

 N. DAK. ma^^^^^^m^^mmm^mim 13.1% 



WIS. ^i^— ii^^ ^— ■ 11.3% 



s. DAK. tm^^^m^^mm^^^ io.4% 



IOWA 

 WASH. 



IDAHO 



All Others ^^■^^■^^■^■■■■■■■■^■■IS. 5% 



Figure 77. — Graph showing the percentage of the total barley crop of the United 

 States produced in the eight states of largest production in the ten years from 

 1908 to 1917, inclusive. 



189,129,000 bushels and the average annual farm value, 

 $125,659,000. The leading states in barley production are 

 California, Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and South 

 Dakota. The average annual acreage, production, and value 

 of the barley crop in the ten states of largest production, 

 for the ten years from 1908 to 1917, are shown in Table XI, 

 while the proportion of the total crop of the United States 

 produced in the more important states is graphically shown 

 in Figure 77, 



As shown by the table and the accompanying diagram, 

 the greater portion of the barley crop is produced in Califor- 

 nia and in the upper Mississippi Valley. In California, bar- 

 ley is most largely grown in the San Joaquin and Sacramento 

 valleys. Southern Wisconsin, southern Minnesota, northern 

 Iowa, eastern North and South Dakota, and eastern Wash- 

 ington are other sections of importance in the production 

 of this crop. California produces more than one fifth of 

 the barley of the entire country, while Minnesota, Wisconsin, 



