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CHAI^TER XVI. 



STATISTICS. 



Indian corn is the most important cereal 

 crop grown in America, as based on crop pro- 

 duction and values. The crop for 1893 had a 

 much greater money value than- the combined 

 ones of wheat, oats, rye, barley, and buckwheat 

 for the same year. The magnitude and com- 

 mercial value of the corn crop of the United 

 States can only be comprehended by a study of 

 statistics bearing on this subject. 



The corn crop of 1888 amounted to nearly 

 2,000,000,000 bushels. Commenting on this 

 fact, one of the agricultural journals* presented 

 its readei-s with the following graphic state- 

 ment. If the corn crop were put into 40-bushel 

 wagon loads, and 30 feet be allowed for the 

 wagon, team and Iteadway in the road, the 

 string of teams would stretch 284,090 miles, or 

 11 rows around the world, and 9,000 miles more 

 of teams not in line. If in car-loads of 500 

 bushels per car, allowing 40 feet for length and 



f Orange JuM Farmer, Sept. 29, 1888 



