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cohn crops 



States was 48,514, the number of acres, 178,224, the value 

 of the product, $5,936,419. New York leads with the 



number of farms 



reporting, having 

 6,584, the number 

 of acres being 

 23,739, and the 

 value of the prod- 

 uct $942,023. Penn- 

 sylvania is second 

 in number of farms, 

 4,896 reporting 

 sweet corn. The 

 second place in 

 number of acres, 

 however, is with Il- 

 linois, 19,976 acres. 

 Illinois is also sec- 

 ond in the value of 

 the product, having 

 $558,746. Ohio is 

 third in the number 

 of farms, having 

 4,591. Maryland 

 is third in the num- 

 ber of acres, report- 

 ing 18,387 acres de- 

 voted to the crop. 

 In total value, 



Fig. 92. — An ear of green corn, at proper stage New Jersey takes 

 for table use. j.1,' i i 'xu 



third place, with 

 $557,708. Around the large cities of the northern part 

 of the United States, large areas are devoted to the 



