Excerpt from Soil Survey of Wright County, Iowa With the advent of railroads in 1880 and 1881 settlers began com ing in very rapidly. At that time only per cent Of the land of the county was under cultivation. At present per cent of the area is in farms, and about 90 per cent is improved. At first spring wheat was the principal cash crop, but with the introduction of oats and early varieties of corn these crops became more important. Grain growing and the raising of live stock have, since the very first settlements, been ...
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Excerpt from Soil Survey of Wright County, Iowa With the advent of railroads in 1880 and 1881 settlers began com ing in very rapidly. At that time only per cent Of the land of the county was under cultivation. At present per cent of the area is in farms, and about 90 per cent is improved. At first spring wheat was the principal cash crop, but with the introduction of oats and early varieties of corn these crops became more important. Grain growing and the raising of live stock have, since the very first settlements, been the main agricultural industries. The table given below shows the acreage and production of the principal field crops as reported in the United States census of 1880 to 1920, inclusive. Acreage and production of principal field crops, census 1880 to 1920, inclusive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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