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1) It is fascinating to thing that Minnesota was one of the premier wheat-growing states in the nation. I usually attribute wheat fields to southern states such as Oklahoma as well as western states like the Dakotas. Coming from southern Minnesota where corn & soybeans are our bread and butter, it is difficult to picture the country side in wheat instead.

2) When the author describes how the doors of Hungarian wheat mills were closed to a person from the United States, especially Minneapolis, why is this? Is it because they were in fear of competition from America or that we weren't internationally respected in the realm of wheat milling?

I found that reading very interesting. First of all, I noticed that there were three drivers in Minnesota: farming, mining, and cutting lumber. This seems to hold true today in outstate Minnesota.
Some interesting things: the metal bindings that were used on the first machines were killing animals

It seems like La Croix gave Washburn his success. However, I had no idea Gold Medal Flour originated here and was Washburn's mill.

It was also intriguing to find that the mills stimulated banking in Minneapolis. The city also attracted bag companies and cereal companies. I had never learned any of this before.

Oh, and the German who saved his alfalfa seeds seemed really interesting.

When did the shift from wheat to other agriculture products take place?

Is there still production of wheat in Minnesota, or has it shifted to other states?

One of the first things that interested me was that Minnesota was primarily wheat for many years. When I think of the upper midwest, I think of corn. It didn't occur to me that it might be otherwise.

In much the same way, I guess the great abundanc of wheat in Minnesota explains why the state was also the biggest milling state, and is the reason that Minneapolis exists. Who would have thought a city could be born because of wheat?

Wow, i didn't know that Gold Metal, and Land o' Lakes started in Minnesota, it was cool to see how they came to be.

Minneapolis is a far cry from its milling days. Is the article saying that Minneapolis came to be because of milling?

It was interesting to know that they first came out with a metal binder, I never knew this, and that the metal pieces killed livestock, which makes sense, and wrecked the millstones.

And I think it's funny that until 1870 it was said that Minneapolis was just another milling city. And that it was the sight of the new process of making flour, coupled with other new inventions blasted Minneapolis to the for-front. crazy.

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I wonder if the reason for wheat's success early on was purely economic. As the author notes, early farmers experimented with lots of crops, but when wheat became a cash crop that could be exported, production really took off. In other words, it wasn't that wheat was the best thing for Minnesota's climate and soil. It was an economic fluke that made it successful.

Also, over spring break when I traveled to Montana I realized the weight of Lass's statement of Minneapolis as the meeting place of urban and rural, industrial and agricultural. Drive west of here and you won't come to another true metropolitan area until Seattle, Portland, or Vancouver B.C. Minneapolis truly is on the border of the urban east. It was then, it is now, and it will be for a very long time.

It is really interesting to learn about the different probelms that arouse because a different wheat was being used and how the millers were able to improve their production of flour over the years.

It is also interesting to learn how a city is sort of born into existence, but not realize it's potential until some major event takes place to get it recognized. It is interesting how Mill City came about and how it changed thorough out this milling time and how it changed the lives of many people.

I thought it was interesting that wheat was one of the primary crops in Minnesota it is hard to believe when you look at the land now it is mostly corn and soybeans.

I also thought it was interesting that in 1860 how the flour mills increased so rapidly from 81 to 507.

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Page 168 was very interesting to me because it specifically talked about Carver County and how it was one of the first areas in the state to raise Alfalfa. This is where I am from and my ancestors are also from Germany. Didn't anyone else besides Grimm bring alfalfa seeds with them? I know that my ancestors brought nearly all of their initial seedstock with them (especially for hops!) so I am assuming that this was not an uncommon practice among immigrants.

One thing that I thought was left out of this reading was the fact that many of the people who became farmers in Minnesota worked on the lumbering side of things first. They had to. Well, atleast in the central part of the state they did. George Hausladen Jr. (my great-granddad) ran a sawmill in his first few years in Minnesota after immigrating. It wasn't that he particular wanted to, but it was the best option at the time since the land needed to be cleared anyway before they could start farming.

Most of the crops grown in 1859 sound very familiar. However, I never knew Minnesota produced tobacco. Another interesting fact is that among the crops mentioned, soybeans were not. Now, soybeans are the second leading crop in Minnesota. Rice was also mentioned. Was that wild rice or white rice? Today, Minnesota is the second leading wild rice producer in the nation.

The towns of Tower, Ely, and Hibbing sprang up as a result of the mining industry. Are these small towns still in the mining industry, and to what degree? Does mining still have the greatest economic impact on the towns?

I found it interesting that some of the things grown in Minnnesota in the mid 1800's are almost unheard of in these days. Things such as hops, hemp, tobacco, and rice. Today most of Minnesotan's grow corn, soybeans, and sugarbeets.

I also found it interesting how lumbering was such a huge factor in Minnesota's economy. This business encouraged banking, railroads, and flowering mills. Minnesota once ranked 4th in lumbering states. This huge business was quite the change for Minnesota.

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