DAIRY MEETING. IO3 



The principal com producing states are Illinois, Iowa. 

 Missouri, Nebraska, Indiana, Kansas, Texas, and Ohio. These 

 produce on an average from 21 bushels to 36 bushels to the acre, 

 at a value per acre of approximately $15.00. 



The New England States, while, of course, not producing a 

 sufficient number of bushels to be ranked with the leading corn 

 producing states, yet in yield and value of crop per acre out- 

 rank any of the other states. The yield per acre in New Eng- 

 land ranged from 31 bushels in Rhode Island to 37 bushels in 

 ]\Iaine, with a value of $24.75 i" Connecticut to $27.75 in Maine, 

 an average of $26.30. The ])rice per bushel in New England 

 has steadily advanced from 44c. in 1898 to 75c. in 1907, and 

 the increase in value per acre has been about 33%. Further 

 statistics and figures need not be given to prove that there are 

 great possibilities in corn growing for New England and espe- 

 cially for Maine. 



Now the excellent corn that is being shown here has not been 

 grown simply as a matter of chance, but it has been grown 

 through a long period of careful selection. There are six types 

 of corn in the world today. I happen to have samples of all 

 six types here on the table. 



1. Pod corn. If you will look back on the table you will 

 find some ears of what is known as the pod corn. This is sup- 

 posed to be the original type from which all our types of corn 

 have come. In this each kernel is enclosed in a husk. 



2. Soft corn. The nearest to soft corn we have today, 

 perhaps, is the so called "soft corn" of the South. This was 

 the kind which the Indians usually grew. 



3. Pop corns. The third type is the pop corn of various 

 colors and kinds, with which you are all familiar; the small, 

 hard kernels. 



4. Sweet corns. Those composed largely of translucent, 

 homy material, and containing considerable quantities of sugar 

 instead of starch. 



5. Flint corns. The hard, flinty type, in which a thick corne- 

 ous coat surrounds the kernel. It is early maturing and par- 

 ticularly adapted to northern latitudes. 



6. Dent com. That which has been developed in the great 

 corn growing region of the country. It usually requires a 



