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State Corn Growers' Association 



January 8, 1908. 



PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



(C. O. Raine, Canton, Mo.) 



Corn is a word of Latin origin, and whatever the facts con- 

 cerning its early history, it is certain that corn is one of the oldest 

 of our agricultural crops. Mahiz was the name applied to corn 

 in Hayti, when Columbus discovered that island in 1492. 



First prize bushel of white corn shown at the Missouri State Corn Show, Columbia, Mo., 



January 7-11, 1908. 



He introduced it into Europe when he returned to his home. 

 The early distribution of corn was coincident with the wanderings 

 of the Indians, by whom it was cultivated according to the crude 

 methods then in vogue. 



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