Advanced Geography . flour, passes chiefly through San Francisco ; and this city ranks second in the Union in the export of these products. New York1 ranks first, and Baltimore third. The United States leads the rest of the world in the production of this important cereal. France, India and Russia also produce very large crops. Wheat and flour rank next in value to cotton as ex-ports from the UnitedStates. Like cottonand corn, they finda foreign marketchiefly in the BritishIsles. France andBelgium also buymany shiploads ofour 119. Indian Corn. Indian corn does notthrive in places havin
Advanced Geography . flour, passes chiefly through San Francisco ; and this city ranks second in the Union in the export of these products. New York1 ranks first, and Baltimore third. The United States leads the rest of the world in the production of this important cereal. France, India and Russia also produce very large crops. Wheat and flour rank next in value to cotton as ex-ports from the UnitedStates. Like cottonand corn, they finda foreign marketchiefly in the BritishIsles. France andBelgium also buymany shiploads ofour 119. Indian Corn. Indian corn does notthrive in places havinglate spring frosts or coldsummer nights. Thegrowing plant is quicklykilled by frost, and coldnights greatly hinderthe growth of the , if the summer-„^ u very rainy or foggy, the corn is liable to mold. Corn is wide-spread over the eastern half of ourcountry, except in the marshy or sandy lands along the 1 Whenever the commerce of New York is mentioned, we should not for-get that Jersey City iorms part of the port of New York. 132 OATS, BAKLEY AND RYE. gulf of Mexico, and in the extreme north where earlyfrosts are common or where there are dense forests. Thebest region for the growth of corn is in the southern half of the prai- ries. Thiscorn beltstretcheseast and When the early white settlers came to America, theyfound here a new kind of grain raised by the white men gave it the name of Indian corn. Sincethat time this valuable grain has spread to nearly all fer-tile lands having long and hot summ
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