. The story of corn and the westward migration. been gradually increasing. The Nations Problem. Although corn is cul-tivated in every state of the union, two thirds of thetotal amount produced in America is raised in theseven states, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri,Ohio, Nebraska, and Kansas, with Illinois and Iowaas the leading states. As these Western States could The Last American Frontiers 249 produce this cereal so abundantly, the states on theAtlantic coast to some extent lost interest in itscultivation, preferring to devote their labor to thecultivation of other crops and exchange wit
. The story of corn and the westward migration. been gradually increasing. The Nations Problem. Although corn is cul-tivated in every state of the union, two thirds of thetotal amount produced in America is raised in theseven states, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri,Ohio, Nebraska, and Kansas, with Illinois and Iowaas the leading states. As these Western States could The Last American Frontiers 249 produce this cereal so abundantly, the states on theAtlantic coast to some extent lost interest in itscultivation, preferring to devote their labor to thecultivation of other crops and exchange with thefarmers of the West. In the New England Statesfarming even declined, and the emphasis was placedon manufacturing. Thus, after the development ofthe steamboat, the railroad, and the cotton factory,and the invention of the reaper and other labor-saving devices, the states along the Atlantic coastbecame dependent upon the West for their the production of corn centralized in a fewstates, unfavorable weather conditions were likely to. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. N. Y. One of the great corn fields on the plains of eastern Kansas 250 The Story of Corn
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