CORN THE KING OF 

 AMERICA'S CROPS 



NOT ONLY BETTER CORN BUT A BETTER 

 PLANT AND WHY 



THE potato, bean, and Indian corn or maize 

 these are three great American original 

 contributions to the company of cultivated 

 plants. 



The potato and the bean have gone every- 

 where, but corn is still chiefly raised in the 

 country of its nativity. It is extensively 

 cultivated, however, far to the north of its 

 original habitat. 



The great corn State now is Iowa, and the 

 original home of the ancestors of the corn plant 

 was the region of southern Mexico and Central 

 America. 



In a recent year there were 3,655,000 acres of 

 land in the United States given to the cultivation 

 of potatoes, raising a crop of 421,000,000 bushels. 

 Wheat was raised on 18,663,000 acres, giving a 

 crop of 330,000,000 bushels. 



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