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cent of the entire quantity. The exportation from the United 

 States represents only about 1.5 per cent of the production 

 during the period just mentioned, while the annual expor- 

 tations since 1901 have not exceeded 4.4 per cent of the 

 crop in any one year. The tendency is for the percentage 

 exported to decrease rather than to increase, except that 



Figure 34. — Reid'3 yellow dent corn, a large, yellow variety which has been 

 carefully selected for many years. 



under war conditions the export demand has greatly in- 

 creased. The principal ports from which corn is shipped 

 are New York, Baltimore, New Orleans and Galveston. 



115. Cost of Production. The best available informa- 

 tion on the cost of producing corn is that contained in the 

 April, 1911, Crop Reporter, published by the Bureau of 

 Crop Estimates of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. In 

 this number, the reports of about 6,000 correspondents in 

 all parts of the country are tabulated. The figures are for 

 the cost of producing corn in 1909. The average of all 

 the reports shows that it cost $12.27 to produce an acre of 

 corn in that year; as the average yield was 32.4 bushels, 



