Excerpt from Guides to Improve Grain Handling and Transportation: Southcentral Minnesota Production Of corn and Soybeans is increasing (tables 1 and 2, appendix page Off-farm sales for corn in 1975 are projected to be 8 percent greater than for 1972 and 16 percent greater by 1980. From the same base year, soybean Off-farm sales are projected to be 19 percent greater by 1975 and 46 percent greater by 1980. Fifty percent of corn production and 97 percent of soybean production are moving Off - farm. Off-farm grain sales density within an area is critical to determining drawing area required to supply a fast-handling elevator loading unit-trains. Table 3, appendix page 16, presents five radii blocks from any given point in the study area, ranging from_a radius Of 0-5 miles to 20-25 miles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.