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duction is concerned, while the amount of corn pro- 

 duced by all the other countries of the world is 

 comparatively small. Roumania and the Argentine 

 Republic are two corn-growing countries where the in- 

 crease in the production of corn has been remarkable 

 during the past decade. The great undeveloped areas 

 in Argentine, suitable for corn culture, make it possible 



GERMINATING BOX FOR CORN. 



that this country may soon become one of the leading 

 corn-producing countries in the world. As a result of 

 extensive experiments by the English Government in 

 South Africa, in the culture of , corn in the Transvaal, 

 Rhodesia, Cape Colony, and other colonies, it is pre- 

 dicted that this region may become an extensive corn 

 producing area. In the United States nearly all of 

 the land suitable for corn culture has been occupied, 

 so that it is improbable that there will be any great 

 increase in production in this country due to increase 



