BRAZIL 3) 



approximately l.S per cent greater in the Argentina corn than in the 

 United States corn, while the protein was 1.2 per cent greater. In 

 the consideration of these analyses it is necessary to note that they 

 represent commercial corn and are therefore not comparable with the 

 analyses shown in text books, which are based on selected, hand 

 shelled samples.* 



Brazil 



Brazil is a republic of South America. The southeastern portion^ 

 is mountainous. The central northeastern and western parts are oc- 

 cupied by a great plateau with the low plains of the Amazon to the 

 north and those of Paraguay to the west. This country is awakening 

 .to the need of diversified agriculture, and it is certain that more corn 

 will be grown there in the future. In many parts of Brazil two crops 

 can be grown and high yields are easily obtained. The average yield 

 of corn grown per acre is larger than that of the United States. The 

 average price is about seventy-five cents per bushel. The flint type 

 is almost universally grown. The temperature and rainfall is quite 

 variable and cultivation practices rather crude. There are several ex- 

 perimental farms in operation, however, and it is certain that corn 

 growing will receive a stimulating impetus in the future. ,, 



CORN PRODUCTION IN EUROPE 



In the Eastern hemisphere the principal maize growing regions 

 are southern Europe, Asia, the Mediterranean countries of Africa and 

 the Union of South Africa. 



In southern Europe the crop is grown for the grain on an expanse 

 of territory extending from west to east across the entire continent 

 and reaching northward from the Mediterranean and Black Seas to 

 latitudes including Switzerland and a small part of southern Ger- 

 many. The value of the luxuriant semi-tropical foliage of the plant 

 has' moreover, extended its cultivation for fodder into countries where 

 the seasons of warm sunshine are too short for the grain to mature, 

 and hence maize is grown for forage to a greater or less extent in 

 many countries of northern Europe even as far north as Scotland. 



In southern Europe the crop is cultivated for grain on an aggre- 

 gate of about 30 million acres, the total annual production usually rang- 

 ing between 600 million and 700 million bushels. The variety raised 



•By J. W. T. Duvel, Crop Technologist, in Agricultural Outlook Mar. 18, 1914. 



