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STATISTICS. 
Indian corn is the most important cereal 
crop grown in America, as based on crop pro- 
duction and values. The crop for 1893 had a 
much greater money value than the combined 
ones of wheat, oats, rye, barley, and buckwheat 
for the same year. The magnitude and com- 
mercial value of the corn crop of the United 
States can only be comprehended by a study of 
statistics bearing on this subject. 
The corn crop of 1888 amounted to nearly 
2,000,000,000 bushels. Commenting on this 
fact, one of the agricultural journals* presented 
its readers with the following graphic state- 
ment. If the corn crop were put into 40-bushel 
wagon loads, and 3) feet be allowed for the 
wagon, team and leadway in the road, the 
string of teams would stretch 284,090 miles, or 
11 rows around the world, and 9,000 miles more 
of teams not in line. If in car-loads of 500 
bushels per car, allowing 40 feet for length and 
* Orange Judd Farmer, Sept. 29, 1888 
