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Agriculture 



aggregate agricultural production has not diminished. The principal "cash 

 crops "for farmers in the County are wheat, barley, sugar beet, and potatoes. 

 As the following table shows, the combined area of these crops has 

 increased considerably: 



* Less than 50 acres were grown in 1919. 



The increased acreage devoted to "cash crops" has been secured by re- 

 ducing the area under crops grown primarily for fodder — -turnips, 

 swedes, mangolds, oats, and rotational grasses. As the table below shows, 

 there has been a steady decline from 1900 to 1936 in these principal fodder 

 crops : 



This very startling reduction in the acreage of fodder crops has been 

 accompanied by a large reduction in the number of sheep and a marked 

 decrease in the cattle population: 



* Not known. f 1913- t 1921. 



