. Yearbook of agriculture . By C. E. Leighty and C. W. Wakburton, Agronomists, Bureau ofPlant Industry, and O. C. Stine and O. E, Bakek, AyriculturalEcononii<ti, Bureau of Agricultural HE corn crop is considered in this article from abroadly economic standpoint, principal atten-tion being given to those things which deter-mine its profitableness to the farmer, and toshowing the steps by which corn has come tooccupy the place it holds in the world to-day. The Importance of Corn in the United States. Unknown to the world before the discovery of America,corn stands to-day the equal
. Yearbook of agriculture . By C. E. Leighty and C. W. Wakburton, Agronomists, Bureau ofPlant Industry, and O. C. Stine and O. E, Bakek, AyriculturalEcononii<ti, Bureau of Agricultural HE corn crop is considered in this article from abroadly economic standpoint, principal atten-tion being given to those things which deter-mine its profitableness to the farmer, and toshowing the steps by which corn has come tooccupy the place it holds in the world to-day. The Importance of Corn in the United States. Unknown to the world before the discovery of America,corn stands to-day the equal in world production of anyother cereal. An important crop in many countries of theworld, it is first and foremost an American crop. Grownin every State of the Union, it reaches its true preeminencein the Corn Belt, that strip of productive land stretchingfrom Ohio westward to the Missouri and beyond. Corn is the most important crop in tlie United States bothin acreage and in value. Corn growing is the work of mil-lions of farmers, and about a hundred million acres of ourland are planted to corn each year. It is especially import-ant in nearh- all the eastern portion of the United States, ass
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