34 CORN 



Small areas are also cultivated in Tunis, Algeria, Tripoli and 

 Morocco. 



In the Unicin of South Africa the raising of ''mealies", the local 

 name for corn, has in late years been attracting much attention ; the 

 acreage, notably in Natal, has been much extended and, at the taking 

 of the census of 1911, the total South African production was found to 

 have increased to over 30 million bushels. In normal years a few mil- 

 lion bushels are now available for export. 



Corn, it may be added, is grown on a small scale in the northern 

 latitudes of Australia and New Zealand, and in many islands through- 

 out the world for which few statistics are extant. 



COLLATERAL READING 



In extending the research relative to the history and past produc- 

 tion of corn, most excellent references may be found in the old files 

 of the Iowa State Library at Des Moines, in the Historical Building. 

 A complete file of old Agricultural Reports and farm journals, with a 

 splendid botanical library, furnish an abundance of material for further 

 work. Anyone who is noi located within range of this library, how- 

 ever, may do well in other state or national libraries or in any private 

 library where special efforts have been made in securing and cata- 

 loging data bearing on farm problems. 



