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Show CHANGES IN WHEAT BELT. I Vermont Once the Granary of New York, Falls Far Behind. Vermont was onco tho granary ot Now York city. It now produces only ono bushel of wheat to more than 200 In Minnesota, tho banner stato. Rochester was onco known as tho "flour city." Now It is called tha "flower city." But Now York still raises as much wheat as Wisconsin. Maryland produces moro than clthor, Texas nenrly twico as much and Pennsylvania three times as much. Only olght states surpass Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania In wheat raising. Kansas produces nearly as much wheat as both tho Dakotas, which .aro much moro often mentioned as wheat states. Only a trlflo moro than half of tho wheat crop grows west of tho Mississippi. Mis-sissippi. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio still produco 80,000,000 bushels, which is moro than any far western Btnte, and over one-eighth of tho wholo crop. Littlo Delaware raise's more wheat than all Now England. Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tonncsseo and j North Carolina "rniso 35,000,000 ' bushels. , (, I New York Is thp second flour-milling k center In tho United Spates, though , far behind Minneapolis, which can grind 82,000 barrels a day tq New ( York's 14,000. ' ' |