From Prairie to Corn Belt, first published in 1967, examines the development of farming in the prairie states. Bogue focuses on the individual farmer and the problems and developments that have forced changes in the family farm business.

The Civil War demonstrated that, even though its agriculture was distinctive, the larger region was divided in social and political terms.

Their account will inform readers with a detailed account of one of the great transformations in American life."--BOOK JACKET.

This is a study of the development of farming in the prairie states. The book emphasises the individual farmer (the man with dirt on his hands and dung on his boots), and the problems and developments that have forced him to make decisions about his farm business.