MAIZE IN OTHER COUNTRIES 



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snarp revision of official figures, increased acreage 

 and consequent greater yield in the United States by 

 the census of 1900, it has been necessary to make 

 readjustment all along the line. The world's totals in 

 recent years, therefore, must have been very much 

 more than here indicated, and the figures are valuable 

 chiefly in showing the relative distribution of corn 

 growing in all countries. 



OUR CHIEF COMPETITORS IN CORN CULTURE 



It is obvious that this statement does not include 

 all the countries of the world in which corn forms an 

 important item of production, it being known that in 



Fig 97— Corn Crib Which Holds 20,000 Bushels 



This is the big crib in which the corn referred to in the text by Mr Maxon 

 (see Page 161) was kept. It is an ordinary farm crit of great size covered with 

 boards. 



some omitted Central and South American countries 

 this cereal forms an important part in the ordinary 

 dietary of the people, while in northern China, in 

 Japan, Cochin China and portions of India the crop is 

 of local importance. 



The Crop of Austria-Hungary — The dual empire 

 takes second rank among corn-producing countries, 

 with an annual average yield during the five years 



