. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 404 MAIZE MAIZE AvEiRAGE Production of Corn Per Acre for Ten Years, 1897-1906. Bushels Connecticut Massachusetts Maine Pennsylvania Ohio New Jersey Vermont Indiana Illinois Wisconsin New Hampshire Iowa Maryland Michigan Rhode Island New York California Minnesota Missouri Idaho * Nebraska . Delaware Indian Territory * South Dakota West Virginia Kentucky Wyoming Utah New Mexico
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 404 MAIZE MAIZE AvEiRAGE Production of Corn Per Acre for Ten Years, 1897-1906. Bushels Connecticut Massachusetts Maine Pennsylvania Ohio New Jersey Vermont Indiana Illinois Wisconsin New Hampshire Iowa Maryland Michigan Rhode Island New York California Minnesota Missouri Idaho * Nebraska . Delaware Indian Territory * South Dakota West Virginia Kentucky Wyoming Utah New Mexico Oregon Oklahoma * Arizona * Tennessee Kansas Montana North Dakota Virginia Washington Colorado Texas Arkansas Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina Alabama Georgia South Carolina Florida *Average production of corn for sis years, 1901-1906. The following table of corn production in Canada is taken from the Canada Year Book for 1905. It is for the census year of 1901, being the crop of 1900. It is seen that very little corn is grown except in the province of Ontario. Quebec stands second, far behind Ontario, but much in the lead of the other provinces, where corn is unimportant. 1901 Acres Busliels in the ear Canada 360,758 25,875,919 British Columbia . 51 1,849 Manitoba 62 1,944 New Brunswick ... 259 12,509 Nova Scotia .... 177 9,358 Ontario 331,641 24,463,694 Prince Edward Island 37 834 Quebec 28,506 1,384,331 The Territories ... 25 1,400 From the statistics of the last four census years it is seen that the production of corn is rapidly increasing. The figures are for all Canada: 1871 3,802,830 bus. 1881 9,025,142 bus. 1891 10,711,380 bus. 1901 25,875,919 bus. History. In the early writings and history of both North and South America, the importance of maize is recognized and frequent mention is made of it. However, these early writings mention it as a well-known
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