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SOILS AND PLANT LIFE 



Corn is used in a 

 variety of forms for 

 human food, as corn 

 meal, hominy, break- 

 fast foods, canned 

 corn, roasting ears, 

 etc. 



The number of 

 manufactured prod- 

 ucts made from corn 

 is increasing year by 

 year. Among them 

 are glucose , corn sirup, 

 corn starch, oil, gum, 

 rubber substitutes 

 and alcoholic prod- 

 ucts. 



107. Distribution 

 of Corn. — Corn is a 

 native of Mexico. 

 When we study its 

 habits and require- 

 ments carefully, we 

 shall see that it still 

 retains many of its 

 subtropical character- 

 istics although the 

 plant has pushed its 

 way steadily north- 

 ward even into 

 Canada. 



Corn is grown throughout the southern states. It is 

 succeeding in New England. Minnesota and North 



Fig. 54. 



- An ideal hill of corn. 



