CHAPTER XV 
KING CORN 
ORN has been proclaimed the King of all Cere- 
als, and who can dispute his title? 
While corn is of one species, its varieties are 
numerous. It is one of the most beautiful and useful 
plants that grows. Owing to its being so common, we 
lose sight of its beauty, yet in parts of the world it is 
cultivated as an ornamental plant. 
More people eat corn than any other grain except rice. 
Corn is the farmer’s best crop, because it not only fur- 
nishes food for himself and beasts, but returns the most 
money for the least labor and expense of any crop on 
the farm. 
Corn is not adapted to all climates. But while it is 
affected by climate and soil, yet by continuous cultiva- 
tion from the same seed, year after year, it can be made 
to establish itself in most any locality. 
Corn, being distinctly an American plant, is produced 
chiefly on American soil. But not all our soils will 
produce corn. The “corn belt” is limited, embracing 
chiefly the great states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, 
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Other states grow it, 
but not to the extent of the states mentioned. 
There was produced in the corn belt in the year 1909 
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