AND THE ANSWER IS...
In writing fiction with a
farm as a setting, we don’t want to make a mistake like putting a pumpkin
farmer in a state that doesn’t produce pumpkins. So, hoping to find such
examples among the 10 products/states in the quiz (previous blog), I went
online to research which states did not produce which of the crops listed in the quiz.
To my amazement, I could only
find one example. Apparently North Dakota does not grow rice. Even desert
states like New Mexico and Arizona are capable of producing maple syrup,
peaches, rice, and other products (at least that’s the online story). Likewise
with cold states such as Maine and Vermont.
We’ll be on solid ground
writing about an egg farmer in Indiana, for that state produces more eggs than any
other. Here are answers to the quiz:
1. State with the most egg
production - Indiana
2. The most sheep and lambs -
Wyoming
3. The most turkeys -
Minnesota
3. The leading producer of honey
– North Dakota
5. Of pumpkins - Illinois
6. Maple syrup - Vermont
7. Sweet Potatoes – North
Carolina
8. Produces the most
Christmas trees - Oregon
9. The most peaches -
California
10. The most rice - Arkansas
As a footnote, when’s the
last time you read a contemporary novel that takes place on a farm?
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