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Show Barley Production Shows Big Increase Becoming of More Importance Impor-tance as Feed for Stock. (Preparod by the United States Department of Agriculture.) In 192Stthe production of barley In the United States was more than 100 per cent, greater than In 1921, and' was by far the greatest production on 'rec-ord. 'rec-ord. Tills production, says the United States Department of Agriculture, resulted re-sulted from an Increase of about 30 per ccnt of the acreage; seeded tO;bai ley, coupled with a relatively high average yield of more than 23 bushels an acre. ' ' . !,; In many parts of the United States barley is becoming of more importance. In the feeding of live stock. Exports of barley, from the United . States to' Eu-rope Eu-rope were heavy last year, owing to a shortage of feed grains In Europe. Indeed, ' the European situation has had much to do with the Increase In barley production In the United States In recent years. Large exports to Europe In 1927 and 192S maintained a price In this country which was probably prob-ably higher than normally would have prevailed. In 192S, however, the price of barley decreased appreciably appre-ciably under the weight of the largely Increased supply. In the United States the acrcagu and the production of barley have Increased In-creased steadily since 1800. Bariej acreage has been expanded steadily in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Irrigated western areas. World production of barley has been increasing since 1920. Usually a rather definite relation exists ex-ists between the total supply of corn and barley In the Uulted States and the price of barley. In 1927, however, how-ever, this relationship was modified by the Influence of a shortage of feed grains In Europe, with the resutt that acreage in the United States was expanded ex-panded unduly. |