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alcohol are made. Machine oil and soap are made from corn grain. 

 The leaves and stalks make excellent fodder or they can be made 

 into paper and artificial silks. The husks are used in mattresses ; 

 the cobs are used for fuel or ground up for meal for live stock ; and 

 the pith in the stalk is used as a protective belt placed below the 

 water line of our huge battleships. 



More corn is raised in certain areas of the United States than in other areas. 



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Wheat. Wheat is the crop of next greatest importance in this 

 country. Over 800,000,000 bushels were raised in this country in 

 1929, representing a total money value of about 8840,000,000, 

 although during the World War our farmers received over 

 82,000,000,000 yearly for a crop of less than 1,000,000,000 bushels. 

 Seventy-two per cent of all the wheat raised comes from the North 

 Central States and the far West. Much of the wheat crop is 

 exported, thus indirectly giving employment to thousands of people 

 on railways and steamships. Wheat is used chiefly for manufac- 

 ture into flour The germ, or young wheat plant, is sifted out dur- 

 ing this process and made into certain breakfast foods. Flour 

 making forms the chief industry of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and 

 of several other large and wealthy cities in this country. 



Other grains. Of the other cereal grains raised in this country, 

 oats is the most important crop, more than 1,200,000,000 bushels 



