Emery County Progress | 1905-02-11 | Page 2 | Changes in Wheat Belt

CHANGES IN WHEAT BEL BELT vermont once tho the granary of nw now york fall falls par far behind vermont we was once the granary of 0 new york city it now produces only one bushel blishel of wheat to more than in minnesota the banner state rochester was once known a as a the flour city isow it Is called the I 1 flower city but new york still raises as much wheat as wisconsin maryland produces more than either texas nearly twice as much and pennsylvania three times as much only eight states surpass pennsyl vania in wheat raising kansas produces nearly as much wheat as both the dakotas which are much more often mentioned as wheat states only a trifle more than halt half of the wheat crop grows wel wet ot of the mis MI a illinois indiana and ohio still brodice prod ice SO bushels which Is more than any far western state and over one eighth ot of the whole crop little delaware raises more dihe wheat a t t than h an al all 1 ne new w E england n a nd virginia ir g i u 1 a west e s t bugl jen V virginia 1 in a h kentucky en t k y tennessee n e s s e e and north carolina raise bushels new york Is the second flour milling center in the united states though far behind minneapolis which can grind 82 barrels a day to new york a 14