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has developed extensive cultivation of sweet corn for this pur- 

 pose, the leading states in the amount of this product being 

 New York, Maine, Illinois, and Iowa, in the order named. 



Oats 



53. Production of oats. The United States is also the 

 leading country in the production of oats, in 1912 producing 

 nearly one and a half billion bushels. The contrast with other 



FIG. 28. Map shaded to show the states of greatest oat-production. 



countries may be illustrated by the crops of 1911, when the 

 United States produced 922 million bushels, and Russia pro- 

 duced 858 million bushels. These two great oat-producing 

 countries were followed by Germany with 530 million 

 bushels. 



Within the United States, Iowa and Illinois produce the 

 largest amount, in 1911 Iowa producing 126 million bushels 

 and Illinois 121 million bushels. This represents a little 

 over one-quarter of the amount produced by all the states. 

 The other states reported as oat-producing states, in the order 

 of the amount of production, are Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, 



