CHAPTER I 
PRODUCTION OF BROOM-CORN 
Broom-corn is grown almost exclusively in 
America. In former times the Mohawk Valley in 
New York and the rich first bottom lands of Ohio 
and adjacent states supplied the market demand for 
this crop. But with the opening of the west the 
center of production has shifted, and Oklahoma has 
taken first rank among the states in the production 
of broom-corn, with an acreage more than five times 
as great as any other state. 
According to the Thirteenth Census (1909) there 
are now eight states each of which produces more 
than 300,000 pounds of brush annually. A list of 
the states, with their acreage, yield and production 
is given in Table 1, on the following page. 
At the present time the amount of broom-corn 
grown in New York and Ohio is quite small. From 
an inspection of the production table it will be seen 
that the yield per acre is very much larger in some 
states than in others. Illinois, with a planting of 
38,450 acres, produced more than twice as many 
pounds of brush as Kansas, with a planting of 40,- 
065 acres, and almost half as many pounds as Okla- 
homa, whose planting is almost six times as exten- 
sive. Of the states producing more than 300,000 
pounds of brush, California has the highest yield 
per acre, while the lowest yield is found in New 
Mexico. 
