BULLETIN" 1296, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
ACREAGES OF IMPORTANT CROPS IN McPHERSON COUNTY, KANS., 1875-1922 
ACRES 
THOUSANDS 
75 
60 
**5 
30 
15 

195 
180 
165 
150 
135 
120 
105 
90 
75 
60 
*t5 
30 
15 

255 
ZW 
225 
210 
195 
180 
165 
150 
135 
120 
105 
90 
75 
60 
30 
15 
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1875 
1880 1885 1890 1895 
■■■ Harvested Acreage 
1900 1905 1910 1915 
I Abandoned Acreage 
1920 1925 
Fig. 2.— Wheat has always been the most important crop in this region. Some years the wheat fails to 
come through the winter in good condition and a part of the acreage is put into spring crops 
