. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. CHAPTER II. ACREAGE, DISTRIBUTION, PRODUCTION AND VALUATION ACREAGE DEVOTED TO CORN GROWING The world's corn crop at present occupies annually 170 million acres. The total area of land devoted to corn growing in the United States in 1914 amounted to *103,435,000 acres. If combined into a single field it would cover the entire land surface of the three states, Iowa, Illinois and Mis- souri. Since 1870 an acreage equal to nearly 12 per cent of all land classed as farm land and over 20 per cent of all improved farm land has been plant
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. CHAPTER II. ACREAGE, DISTRIBUTION, PRODUCTION AND VALUATION ACREAGE DEVOTED TO CORN GROWING The world's corn crop at present occupies annually 170 million acres. The total area of land devoted to corn growing in the United States in 1914 amounted to *103,435,000 acres. If combined into a single field it would cover the entire land surface of the three states, Iowa, Illinois and Mis- souri. Since 1870 an acreage equal to nearly 12 per cent of all land classed as farm land and over 20 per cent of all improved farm land has been planted with corn each year. This would be equivalent to an 80 acre field in every section of farm land, or a 130 acre field in every section of improved farm land. The increase in acreage of corn has been for the past fifty years uniformly parallel to the increase in the area of farm land. The following chart illus- trates this increase from 1866 to 1914 inclusive. CHART NO. I. Acreage in Corn in the United States from 1866 to 1914. Millions of Acres. 20. Per cent Increase 9Ai ,$ I' ;< NOTE—The acreage designated in the above chart represents the average acreage for the periods indicated in the margin to the left. From the foregoing it is seen that the period of greatest increase was from 1881 to 1890, inclusive, being per cent, and the period of slightest variation was from 1891 to 1900, being only per cent. Climatic con- ditions and the state of the general market have been, perhaps, the most important factors in this increase. •1914 Year Book. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881- [from old catalog]. Waterloo, Iowa, Sold by Waterloo publishing co.
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