The Truth Jtbout IQansas, 



JiS SHOWN BY UMCLE SJIM, JiNT> 

 JiMJiLYZET> BY 



F. D. COBURAf, Secretary I^ansas State 

 Board of Agriculture, 



Following are some figures taken from the 

 official reports of the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, presenting in a concise manner, 

 unbiased, unprejudiced and impartial information 

 concerning Kansas and her standing as a fore- 

 most producer of the world's greatest cereals : 



^ Good Cereal Story. 



Here is a table compiled from the Year Books 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 giving by states, according to their rank, the 

 total combined value of Wheat and Corn raised 

 in each of the leading fifteen states, in the five- 

 year period beginning with 1896 and ending with 

 1900 : 



STATE. 



KANSAS . ... 



Illinois 



Iowa 



Nebraska 



Missouri 



Indiana 



Ohio 



Minnesota 



Texas 



Pennsylvania 



Tennessee 



Kentucky — 



Michigan 



South Dakota 

 California 



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