By 1900, Minnesota mills, led by Pillsbury, Northwestern and the Washburn-Crosby Company (a forerunner of General Mills), were grinding 14.1 percent of the nation's grain.
W 1900 r. młyny w Minnesocie, którym przewodziły kompanie Pillsbury i Washburn-Crosby Company (poprzednik General Mills), przetwarzały 14,1% krajowego zboża.