COST OF PRODUCING WHEAT. 
9 
The oat acreage was fairly well distributed in all districts, with a 
slightly larger acreage per farm in the spring-wheat districts. This 
is to be expected, since oats require a cool climate. Barley was 
Fig. 3.— Typicalfarin scene in western Nebraska, where wheat is the leading farm crop. 
found in all districts visited, except ^lissouri, but, like oats, was more 
generally grown in the spring- wheat districts. 
Table III. — Distribution of crop area, 1919 (481 farms). 
State and county 
Crop 
acres 
per 
farm. 
SPRING "WHEAT AREAS. 
North Dakota: 1 
Grand Forks County t 573. 4 
Morton County | 409. 2 
South Dakota: " ; 
Spink County j 437. 7 
Minnesota: i 
Clay County 1 496. 
TraVerse Coimty 374. 5 
WINTER "SyHEAT AREAS. 
Kansas: 
Ford County , 
Pawnee County 
McPherson County 
Missouri: 
Saline County 
Jasper County 
St. Charles County 
Nebraska: 
Phelps County 
Saline County 
Keith County 
398.7 
384. 2 
204.8 
181. .5 
155.4 
130.1 
271.4 
149.9 
420.0 
Per cent of crop area in 
Wheat. Com 
49.0 
39.6 
55.1 
45.1 
79.7 
75. 5 
69.6 
47.9 
63.5 
61.4 
56.2 
38.7 
52.1 
3.1 
2.5 
16.9 
5.4 
13.4 
3.8 
8.4 
10.6 
40.5 
16.2 
25.9 
28.6 
32.8 
23.1 
Oats. 
12.1 
6.7 
6.8 
10.4 
16.3 
5.1 
.9 
4.3 
3.7 
14.0 
4.6 
2.4 
11.0 
2.9 
Bar- 
ley. 
4.3 
5.3 
1.9 
1.2 
,1 
Eye. 
3.8 
2.0 
2.6 
Hay 
and 
alfal- 
fa. 
Sum-' 
mer j Sor- 
fal- ghum. 
low. 1 
2.9 
8.3 
1.0 
.7 
.9 
2.2 
.8 
.1 
8.0 
10.3 
21.4 
12.2 
8.1 
11.2 
2.0 
3.5 
10.3 
5.6 
2.8 
7.0 
5.2 
12.4 
8.4 
4.0 
5.4 
3.4 
1.2 
2.3 
.4 
1.1 
Flax, 
3.4 
4.2 
1.3 
2.4 
Mis- 
cella- 
neous 
crops. 
7.7 
7.6 
2.1 
9.8 
2.2 
1.4 
5.0 
1.3 
2.3 
3.5 
1.1 
.7 
2.6 
1.8 
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