These are being superseded by roller mills, some of them quite large, which handle all the local wheat and even import some from the West.

However, as the annual production of wheat in the South has decreased rather than increased since 1880, it is obvious that the industry has changed in form rather than increased in importance.
There are other less important manufacturing enterprises in the South.
The census shows about two hundred and fifty distinct industries pursued to a greater or less extent.

Maryland ranked fourteenth in the total value of manufactured products in 1914.

Only seven Southern States were found in the first twenty-five, while Minnesota, which is generally considered an agricultural State, ranked higher in manufactures than any of the Southern group in 1914.

The next census will undoubtedly give some Southern States high rank, though the section as a whole is not yet industrial.