. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig 34 —Rye acreage in North Dakota increased from 48,000 in 1909 to ,000 in1919. This acreage in North Dakota in 1919 was almost one-third of the total in theUnited States although, owing to an unfavorable , the production was littlegreater than in Michigan. Rve heretofore has been grown mostly in the sandy sec-tions of the Lake States, and this sudden extension of production onto the subnumidlands of the Spring Wheat and Great Plains regions is an interesting and protebly sig-nificant development. The acreage of rye in the United States in 1919 was muc
. Yearbook of agriculture . Fig 34 —Rye acreage in North Dakota increased from 48,000 in 1909 to ,000 in1919. This acreage in North Dakota in 1919 was almost one-third of the total in theUnited States although, owing to an unfavorable , the production was littlegreater than in Michigan. Rve heretofore has been grown mostly in the sandy sec-tions of the Lake States, and this sudden extension of production onto the subnumidlands of the Spring Wheat and Great Plains regions is an interesting and protebly sig-nificant development. The acreage of rye in the United States in 1919 was much greaterthan ever Ixfore, exceeding, even, the acreage of barley, but has declined nearly hair dur-ing the past two years. 99912°—YBK 1921 2!& 444 Yearbook of the Depart/ment of Agriculture^ Kz UJ Xm <0 CQ UUJ u ,»t a < °S« ?-8 sis o8 s^* I <2g < S ^ g en -* OS . iij < Q UJ O-Q O < Z Z <j; LJ =3 _J m UJ > ^ . :^v / ^^ ^ i |gp«SS5 a assMSRas 1 n Z ; glifJiiil ui 1 13,,,2881,188 2 2SagBS5K!SS II S a 36,458>I3 17,901,0% 7i52,377 4, i ,430 151,685 92,126 33,808 10,341 1,769 1,598 s UMiii Pig. 35.—The grain .jorghums are, perhaps, our most drought-resistant crops. Theexpansion of acreage during the past two decades in the southern Great Plains areahas been extraordinary. From 1800 to 1000 the acreage in the United States increas«lfrom 266,000 to 1, or sixfold, and between 1000 and 1010 it more than which is practicallv confined to the Appalachian area and the Lake btates,has decreased slightly in acreage since 1
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