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and the Dakotas grow about two thirds of the remainder, or 

 more than half of the entire crop. The highest yields to the 

 acre are obtained in the Rocky Mountain section and in the 

 Pacific Northwest. The average yield in Utah for the ten 

 years from 1908 to 1917 was 40.8 bushels; in Idaho, 38.8 



Table XI. The average annual acreage, production, farm value, 

 and yield per acre of barley in the ten leading states during the ten 

 years from 1908 to 1917, inclusive. 



bushels; and in Washington, 37.0 bushels. In comparison 

 with these figures, the average yield to the acre in Cali- 

 fornia was 28.1 bushels; in Minnesota, 24.0 bushels; and in 

 Wisconsin, 28.9 bushels. 



^a^mimmmammtmmmmi^mi^^^ ii.5%. 



CAU. 

 MINN. 

 N. DAK. 

 WIS. 

 S. DAE. 

 IOWA 

 WASH* 

 IDAHO 

 U. S. 



6.3% 

 6.3% 



5.9% 



1.4% 



5.1% 



1.6% 



Figure 78. — Graph showing percentage of improved farm land annually sown to 

 barley in the states of largest production and in the United States, 1908-1917. 



Barley occupies a more important position in California 

 than in any other state, 11.5 per cent of the improved farm 

 land being sown to this crop, as shown in the accompanying 



