. The story of corn and the westward migration. ade,Professor of European History, Trinity College, Durhani,N. C. Eugene C. BrooksDurham, North Carolina A LIST OF THE MAPS PAGE The cereal-producing areas of the world 14 Map showing the transportation lines of the world in 54 North America in 1650 61 A physical map of the United States 82 Early highways to the West 95 Map showing the claims of the thirteen states. 114 The United States at the beginning of the nineteenth century,showing the distribution of population per square mile and the center of population 124 Map showing the distri
. The story of corn and the westward migration. ade,Professor of European History, Trinity College, Durhani,N. C. Eugene C. BrooksDurham, North Carolina A LIST OF THE MAPS PAGE The cereal-producing areas of the world 14 Map showing the transportation lines of the world in 54 North America in 1650 61 A physical map of the United States 82 Early highways to the West 95 Map showing the claims of the thirteen states. 114 The United States at the beginning of the nineteenth century,showing the distribution of population per square mile and the center of population 124 Map showing the distribution of railroads in the United States in 1850 : 193 The distribution of population in the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century 203 Map showing the areas in which hogs were raised in 210 Map showing the production of corn in the United States in 1849 216 Map showing the distribution of railroads in the United States in 1916 234 The production of corn in the United States 250 The corn-raising areas of the world 272. Photograph by King Prints Co. A modern American silo, in which corn is stored for useas food for stock THE STORY OF CORN ANDTHE WESTWARD MIGRATION CHAPTER I The Struggle for Food The Feeding Instinct. The first instinct of everybeing is to secure food for the needs of its moment any Uving thing appears in the worldit begins to feel about for food. The infant animalmakes its wants known by signs, and the little plantbegins to send its tiny rootlets around in the body is extremely sensitive to the pangs ofhunger, and responds more readily to its call thanto any other stimulus. When the body is insufficiently nourished, boththe mind and the body become abnormal. Thechild in the schoolroom is unable to respond tothe demands of the teacher; the statesman is un-able to hold firmly the reins of government; andthe laborer in the fields, in the store, or in thefactory is unable to render efficient service. Whenthe weakening orga
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