. The story of agriculture in the United States. 212 AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES a complete outfit of these machines busy during theseason when each could be used. In the older States,farms had been laid out before these inventions weremade practical, and were consequently smaller. Theirowners could not afford to buy the best Area of Wheat Production in i860 ^The total crop had doubled since 1840. The rapid building of railroads to the West also helpedto urge on the movement of the wheat belt. The fact ofdistance from the markets of the East and of Europe nowmade less differen
. The story of agriculture in the United States. 212 AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES a complete outfit of these machines busy during theseason when each could be used. In the older States,farms had been laid out before these inventions weremade practical, and were consequently smaller. Theirowners could not afford to buy the best Area of Wheat Production in i860 ^The total crop had doubled since 1840. The rapid building of railroads to the West also helpedto urge on the movement of the wheat belt. The fact ofdistance from the markets of the East and of Europe nowmade less difference, because wheat is a product that canbe kept for months and that will bear carrying longdistances. Because it has also higher value in smallbulk than the other grains, the payment of freight chargesaffects it less. The Western railroad companies receivedfrom the United States government great grants of landto aid them in the expense of construction. These lands ^ This and the three maps that follow are reproduced from the I. H. , igii, with the consent of H. C. Taylor. THE WESTWARD MARCH OF WHEAT 213 they offered for sale at low prices. Besides issuing muchattractive advertising matter, the companies sent agentsamong the farmers in the older states, to induce them togo West. They ran homeseekers trains and in otherways enco
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