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BARLEY 



twelve States to have as high a percentage of the oat crops, and 

 fourteen States for the wheat and corn crops. Following is the 

 average yield forthree years,1919-1921,in the principal States: 

 Yields of Barley ly States, 1919-1921 

 State Bushels 



'California , 28,366,000 



South Dakota 19,995,000 



Minnesota 18,792,000 



North Dakota 16,332,000 



Kansas 15,475,000 



Wisconsin 13,409,000 



Barley in common with other cereals has shown a remarkable 

 shift from the eastern to the western States (Fig. 61). For ex- 



FIG. 61. Barley Acreage in the United States, (U. S. Department of Agriculture Yearbook, 1921). 



ample, in 1850 New York State was the leading barley State, pro- 

 ducing at that time 70 per cent of all the barley ; in 1870 it produced 

 25 per cent; and in 1900 only 2.5 per cent. 



As barley is grown principally for stock feed or market, it comes 

 in more direct competition with the corn crop than any other cereal. 

 It can not compete as a crop with corn in the corn belt, so we find it 

 principally in the grain-growing States just out of the corn belt. In 

 California, barley has been an important grain crop from the first, 

 as little or no corn can be produced in that State. 



