Show BREAD I 1 AND BUTTER STATE new now name gained for by ita its dairy Fro products ducts and flour minnesota has heretofore been known as the gopher state now it Is ber be fnning Inning to be culled called the bread and pu vu ir r states the reason of the change bl becomes comes clear when it Is said that last year its mills turned out barrels of flour and there wore were churned in the state pounds of butter in the produce of spring wheat minnesota stands at lit the head of the states of the country and its flour mills are noted not only throughout the northwest hut iut in foreign countries count rlee as well ahe extensive development of its dairy interests la Is comparatively recent the combination of wheat and flour with milk and butter la Is core wore clearly marked worked in minnesota than in any other tate late new york and illinois are important dairy states but the value of the wheat crop in new york Is less than one third the value of its oat crop and less than one eighth the value of the hay bay crop wheat being now one of the minor agricultural products of new york once the chief wheat state illinois raises a fair amount of wheat but the accra crop which ie lit a 0 very much more importance yields in a year 8 to every dollar received from the product of wh al 41 |