ACREAGE 5 



For the past fifty years the acreage devoted to corn growing has been 

 slightly greater than that of all other cereals combined. In fact, 52 per 

 cent of the entire area devoted to cereal crops, including corn itself, has been 

 devoted to this crop. So constant has been this proportion that it has not 

 varied more than 1 per cent either way during the past fifty years. 



The following chart will show the relative acreage of the cereal crops 

 of the United States, taking an average for the five years 1910 to 1914 inclusive. 



CHART NO. 2. 



Comparative Acreage of all Cereals in the United States 



Five- Year Average, 1910-1914 Inclusive. 



MILLIONS OF ACRES 

 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 



Corn 



Wheat 



Oats 



Barley 



Rye - 



Rice 



I 

 I 



I 



Per cent 

 of Total 



52.3 



24.2 



18.8 



3.7 



1.1 

 .0 



In considering briefly the acreage devoted to corn growing in each state 

 during the past five years, note the following table, which also shows the acre- 

 age devoted to other cereal crops, with the percentage of all improved farm 

 land given to the production of corn and other cereals. 



It will be seen that the relative acreage devoted to the growing of corn 

 and the other cereal crops varies widely in the different states. However in 

 those states where the conditions are most favorable to corn growing the per- 

 cent of improved farm land occupied by the crop is very high. Taking into 

 consideration the entire United States, over one-fifth of all improved farm land 

 is given annually to corn, and a little less than one-fifth is given to all other 

 cereals combined. 



