Z BULLETIN 1498, U. 3. DEPABTMENT OF AGBICULTUBE 
WHEAT VARIETAL SURVEYS 
The distribution of the wheat varieties was determined from sched- 
ules returned by crop correspondents of the Division of Crop and 
Fig. 1. — Distribution of ail wheat in the United States in 1919. Each dot represents 5,000 acres. 
Area, 73,099,421 acres 
Livestock Estimates, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. About 
70,000 schedules or questionnaires were sent out in both 1919 and 
1924. As many as 30 or 40 questionnaires were sent to important 
Fig. 2. — Distribution of all wheat in the United States in 1924. Each dot represents 5,000 acres. 
Area, 50,862,230 acres 
wheat-growing counties, but only a- few to counties growing little 
or no wheat. About 40,000 schedules were returned in 1919, but 
only about 20 ? 000 in 1924. The returned schedules were sorted, and 
