4 CORN CROPS 



due to the fact that more than one-half the world's corn 

 crop is concentrated in one section of the United States. 



The comparative production is brought out more clearly 

 in Table II, based on percentage production. 



From the tables, it appears that North America pro- 

 duces 78 per cent of the world's corn crop, Europe pro- 

 duces 15 per cent, leaving only 7 per cent for the other 

 continents. The United States produces about 73 per 

 cent of the world's crop, Austria-Hungary 5.6 per cent, 

 Mexico 4.1 per cent, and Argentina 4 per cent, the four 

 countries combined producing 87 per cent of the world's 

 crop. 



TABLE III 



Showing Corn exported by Countries and Percentage 

 OF Total World's Exports fob 5 Years, 1906-1910, 

 Inclusive 



3. International trade in corn. — The net exports and 

 imports indicate those countries producing a surplus, and 

 those countries as well that must buy. Table III shows 



