FARM CROPS. 



SECTION XVII. CORN. 



By PROF. A. D. SHAMEL, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



Present Distribution of the Corn Crop. The pro- 

 duction of corn in the corn-producing countries of the 

 world, 1902-1906, as given in the agricultural statistics, 

 1907 Yearbook, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, is as fol- 

 lows: 



Discussion of Corn Production. This table shows 

 that the great bulk of the corn crop of the world is 

 produced in North America, particularly the United 

 States. Europe is second so far as amount of pro- 



