MAIZE IN OTHER COUNTRIES 



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bushels in 1901 to 8,825,860 bushels in 1897, following 

 the partial crop failure of 1895 and 1896. The total 

 crop of Mexico in recent years has ranged as follows : 

 In 1893, 69,029,000 bushels; 1894, 77,273,000 bushels; 

 1895, 71,906,000 bushels; 1896, 76,264,000 bushels; 

 1897, 121,893,000 bushels; 1898, 111,347,000 bushels. 

 The most favored section of the country for the 

 production of this crop is that lying south of the 

 twenty-eighth degree of north latitude, in the states 

 bordering on either the Gulf or the Pacific. Here the 

 seasons are divided into wet and dry, and it is claimed 



Fig 98— Sman Com Crib in Feed Lot 



Sills are 8x8 inches, joists 2x8, studding 2x4, lower part of siding 1x6, uppei 

 part .X4, roof common boards. The whole set on stone pillars. On farm oi 

 W. H. Provine, Clmstian County, Illinois. 



that in some districts two crops can be raised from tho 

 same field in a single year. This may account for the 

 heavy rates of yield that are occasionally claimed. 



The states of principal production are Jalisco, on 

 the Pacific coast, which with an area slightly larger 

 than New York produced in 1898 a crop of 16.812.000 



