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THE PLANT LITE OF MAKYLANU 



included, for sweet corn and green fodder are used fresh, while the 

 stock is fed with the ripe ears and with the stover. The different 

 sections of the country and of the State also, make different prepara- 

 tions for the utilization of the crop in the respective ways mentioned. 

 In truck regions the sweet corn is marketed as a vegetable for table 

 use on the cob; at a little distance from the market the same type 

 of corn goes to the cannery and the need for prompt use by the con- 

 sumer is removed, and the fresh vegetable season becomes extended 

 by the use of the canning process to include the full year. In a some- 

 what similar way the dairyman may feed his stock with the freshly 



Fig. 10 Map of Maryland showing the relative Annual Production of Corn. 



cut stalks, and the green husks, cobs, and waste ears from the can- 

 nery, while fresh, or he may store the succulent stalks for winter 

 feeding by use of the silo, and thereby extend the season of green 

 feed through the winter. 



The greatest corn crops are produced in the central part of the 

 State, as will be seen from the map. But the highest yield per acre 

 may easily be located in some other region, as the result of individ- 

 ual farming. The highest average yield per acre, for any one 

 county, was 42.8 for Harford County (1899 figures), while the 

 average for the State was just. 30 bushels.* 



*The census year was an extremely poor year for all farm products. The 

 average yield of corn for 1905 was 36.9 bushels. 



