PBODUCTION OF INDIAN CORN 



that Argentina furnishes about 35 per cent of the world's 

 export corn and the United States only 26 per cent. 

 Table IV shows that Argentina exports 55 per cent of the 

 crop produced, while the United States exports only 2.29 

 per cent. This country can hardly be classed as a sur- 

 plus corn country, though the small percentage exported 

 furnishes one-fourth of the world's export corn. The prin- 

 cipal importing country is the United Kingdom, taking 

 36 per cent of the world's trade in corn, and Germany 14 

 per cent more, the two taking one-half the corn trade. 



TABLE IV 



Showing Percentage of Total Corn Crop exported by 

 THE Principal Exporting Countries, 5-yEAR Average, 

 1906-1910, Inclusive 



Europe consumes about 91 per cent of the world's corn 

 trade. This corn is largely used for feeding live-stock, 

 but also in the brewing industry. 



Exportation of corn from the United States is decreasing. 

 The maximum exportation from this country was during 

 the 5-year period 1896-1900, when it reached an annual 

 average of 9.4 per cent. The present decrease in expor- 

 tation, indicates that home consumption in the United 

 States will soon equal production. In fact, in the past 

 three years corn has been imported on the Pacific Coast. 



