. Minnesota .. . e north, and alsooften in Central Minnesota, so as to get the oatsharvested before the wheat harvest is on. InSouthern Minnesota the standard white varietiesare common. Barley as a feed crop or a cash crop is growingin favor. A large acreage is harvested annually,the 6-row bearded varieties being the early maturity, which makes possible a longerharvesting season, its large yield in pounds of feedper acre, and its splendid feeding qualities make thiscrop very popular. In regions where corn is notsuccessfully grown, barley is extensively used forfattening hogs, bein
. Minnesota .. . e north, and alsooften in Central Minnesota, so as to get the oatsharvested before the wheat harvest is on. InSouthern Minnesota the standard white varietiesare common. Barley as a feed crop or a cash crop is growingin favor. A large acreage is harvested annually,the 6-row bearded varieties being the early maturity, which makes possible a longerharvesting season, its large yield in pounds of feedper acre, and its splendid feeding qualities make thiscrop very popular. In regions where corn is notsuccessfully grown, barley is extensively used forfattening hogs, being almost as satisfactory for thatpurpose as corn. Rye is grown to a large extent on the lighter soils,but is also raised throughout the State. This cropis often thought of as a crop for poor soils only, butits adaptability in rotations and its excellent yieldshave brought it into favor with farmers winter variety is generally grown, but somesuccessful trials with spring rye have been made. MINNESOTA. Alfalfa is becoming a most important crop on grain and live stock farms Flax, though not a cereal, is grown so generallyit should be mentioned here. On new breaking itdoes especially well, giving a good crop while sub-duing the sod for other crops. It does well any-where in the State. CORN Cultivated crops are of special importance in thefarming operations of Northern Minnesota. Thelimited acreage under the plow on many northernfarms means that the largest possible returns mustbe obtained, and cultivated crops, especially pota-toes and root crops, offer such returns. Corn is the great cultivated crop of Southern andCentral Minnesota, and is grown to some extentall over the State. In spite of the fact that thenorthern boundary is 400 miles from the southern,which means that the States northern regions arewell beyond the corn zone, it must still be remem-bered that the State ranks among the foremost as agreat corn state. Its mighty crop of 110,000,000bushels in 1918 is
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