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Corn 

 Corn belongs to the grass family, the stalk is jointed, 

 and the leaves and ears grow from the joints. It 

 grows from eighteen inches to thirty feet high. 



There are four kinds of corn that grow in Minnesota. 

 They are Dent Flint, Sweet and popcorn. 



Corn is planted in 

 hills about three feet 

 eight inches apart, 

 when the weather is 

 warm enough. It 

 needs rich loam, and 

 warm, wet weather to 

 grow well. 



Corn is used in feed- 

 ing stock and making 

 glucose and oil. Al- 

 cohol is also made 

 from it. We make 

 corn-meal and other 

 foods that people eat. 

 It must be culti- 

 vated very carefully, 

 so the weeds will not 

 grow. It must be 

 harvested before frost 

 comes. 

 There are about two million bushels of corn raised 

 in the United States every year. Corn is a native of 

 Mexico. 



The Indians used it for food when America was 

 discovered. They buried it in the ground to keep it. 

 Maize is another name for it. Goldie Kelly. B5. 



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Child with Grain 



