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Fig. 34. — Rye acreage in North Dakota increased from 48,000 in 1909 to 2,422,000 in 

 1919. This acreage in North Dakota in 1919 was almost one-third of the total in the 

 United States, although, owing to an unfavorable season, the production was little 

 greater than in Michigan. Rye heretofore has been grown mostly in the sandy sec- 

 tions of the Lake States, and this sudden extension of production' onto the subhumid 

 lands of the Spring Wheat and Great Plains regions is an interesting and pral>al>ly sig- 

 nificant development. The acreage of rye in the United States in 1919 was much greater 

 than ever before, exceeding, even, the acreage of barley, but has declined nearly half dur- 

 ing the past two years. 



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