CORN CROPS 



CHAPTER I 



PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF INDIAN 



CORN 



The corn crops, as understood in this book, are the de- 

 rivatives of two group-species : of Zea Mays, the Indian 

 corn or maize ; and of Andropogon Sorghum, the sorghum 

 and kafir series. The former is a plant-group of the West- 

 ern Hemisphere and the latter of the Eastern Hemisphere. 

 The maize products are used both for human and stock 

 food, but the sorghum products are employed in this 

 country mostly for the feeding of animals. 



1. Relative importance of corn and other crops in the 

 world. — The hay and forage crop is the most important 

 crop of the world, but this is made up of a great variety 

 of plants. The yield in mihions of tons of the world's 

 most important plants is shown in the following diagram : — 



Wokld's Chops of the Most Important Food Plants. Average 

 FOR 5 Years, 1906-1910 



