FAEM ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA 
to 1886, flax occupied from 25 to 40 per cent of the grain acreage, 
while wheat occupied only 19 to 38 per cent. The extent to which 
Distribution of the Grain Acreage in Cottonwood County and the Prices of Grains from 
1872-1920 
1870 1875 1880 1885 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 
— PER CENT OF GRAIN ACREAGE — FARM PRICE 
Fig. 3.— Five-year moving averages of the percentage distribution of the grain acreage in 
Cottonwood County and of the December 1 farm prices of grains in Minnesota, 1872-1920. 
Corn and oats have replaced wheat 
this expansion in flax acreage was the result of high prices of flaxseed 
can not be determined as no data on prices are available. The gen- 
