AGRICULTURE 



PART I. FARM CROPS 



CHAPTER I 

 CORN CULTURE 



IN the middle western states corn has long been king of 

 farm crops, while cotton has been called the king of crops 

 in the South. The recent extension of the corn belt into the 

 South and even into the West adds still further to the im- 

 portance of corn. The corn crop of the United States 

 equals in value that of cotton, wheat and oats combined, 

 and totals over a billion dollars a year. 



The greater corn belt of the United States consists of 

 Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana and 

 Ohio. These seven states have up to the present raised 

 about half of the world's crop of corn. The average 

 yield in these states is about 40 bushels to the acre, while 

 the average yield for the entire country is less than 30 

 bushels to the acre. 



1. Corn Culture in the South 



During the last ten years the cultivation of corn as a 

 staple farm crop has made rapid advance in all the south- 

 ern states. The subtropical climate, the favorable soil, the 



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