. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . as702,995,000 bushels. The crop of the world, as- tabulated by the UnitedStates department of agriculture from reported officialsources, is more fully shown in accompanying table inAppendix. The federal census figures of 1900, how-ever, covering the year 1899, were eventually reportedfin 1902) at 2,666,438,279 bushels, an amount mate-rially
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . as702,995,000 bushels. The crop of the world, as- tabulated by the UnitedStates department of agriculture from reported officialsources, is more fully shown in accompanying table inAppendix. The federal census figures of 1900, how-ever, covering the year 1899, were eventually reportedfin 1902) at 2,666,438,279 bushels, an amount mate-rially greater than that here named. Considering the MAIZE IN OTHER COUNTRIES 337 snarp revision of official figures, increased acreageand consequent greater yield in the United States bythe census of 1900, it has been necessary to makereadjustment all along the line. The worlds totals inrecent years, therefore, must have been very muchmore than here indicated, and the figures are valuablechiefly in showing the relative distribution of corngrowing in all countries. OUR CHIEF COMPETITORS IN CORN CULTURE It is obvious that this statement does not includeall the countries of the world in which corn forms animportant item of production, it being known that in. Fig 97—Corn Crib Which Holds 20,000 Bushels This is the big crib in which the corn referred to in the text by Mr Maxon(see Page 161) was kept. It is an ordinary farm crit of great size covered withboards. some omitted Central and South American countriesthis cereal forms an important part in the ordinarydietary of the people, while in northern China, inJapan, Cochin China and portions of India the crop isof local importance. The Crop of Austria-Hungary—The dual empiretakes second rank among corn-producing countries,with an annual average yield during the five years 338 THE BOOK OF CORN ending with 1900 of 153,600,000 bushels. It is theleading cereal crop of the country and its volumeshows marked increase in recent years. During
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