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fined very largely to rations for meat animals and work 

 horses. In recent years valuable aid has been given 

 our foreign trade through the education of Europe to a 

 wider use of corn. The work of the American Maize 

 Propaganda in the late nineties and at the Paris exposi- 

 tion in 1900 was along this line. Possibilities are great, 

 especially on the continent, where rye is now so largely 

 used as an article of food. Efforts are being made 

 from time to time to induce some of the governments to 

 utilize corn meal as an army ration. 



The largest buyers of American com are England, 

 Germany, Holland and Denmark, in about the order 

 named. Canada is a heavy buyer. The West Indies 

 are taking increasing quantities, and this splendid 

 cereal finds an outlet in various other parts of the 

 world, including South America, Africa, Mexico and, 

 in a small way, Asia and the Pacific Islands. Argen- 

 tine corn is something of a competitor in the old world 

 markets, which include Europe, South \frica, etc. 

 Argentine exports of corn are ten to sixty million 

 bushels annually. See Appendix, later pages, for de- 

 tailed official figures showing foreign movement of 

 corn. The United States produces more than eighty 

 per cent of the world's corn crop. The next largest 

 producers are Austria-Hungary and Argentina. 



Floating elevators are largely used in transfer- 

 ring grain from vessels to warehouses, both on this 

 side of the Atlantic and in Europe. That illustrated 

 in Fig 57, v.ith various modifications, is largely used 

 in Liverpool in unloading grain from vessels. It 

 contains a lifting apparatus operated on the usual 

 principles, and does the work rapidly. A large part 

 of the American grain destined for foreign markets 

 is sold "c i f" (cost, insurance and freight), the 

 marine insurance and ocean freight being included in 

 the cost. 



