308 



INDIAN COEN. 



nearly 8,000,000 acres under culture with Indian com. The exports 

 from the United States were in 



Bushels. 



1871 9,826,309 



1872 .. ,. 34,491,650 



1873 38,541,930 



Bushels. 



1874 34,434,606 



1875 28,858,420 



The prices at which No. 2 quality sold in the Chicago market 

 (whence 45,381,153 bushels were shipped in 1876) were as follows, 

 per bushel, in cents : 



Year. 



Highest. 



Lowest. 



Average. 



1873 



29 



53| 



37 



1874 



53 



86 



65 



1875 



46 



76| 



63f 



1876 



38f 



49 



44f 



The corn growing of the States is immense. Maize is now success- 

 fully cultivated in nearly every part of a tract of country that e:5tend8 

 1000 miles from north to south, and even more than that from east 

 to west. 



According to the latest returns there would seem to be about 

 37 million acres under culture with maize. 



The following were the produce of the States of the Mississippi 

 Basin in 1872 : 



Bushels. 



Michigan 16,987,000 



Indiana 85,541.000 



Illinois 217,628,000 



Wisconsin 21,180,000 



Minnesota 7,987,000 



Iowa 101,189,000 



Missouri 97,002,000 



Kansas 29,631,000 



Total 577,145,000 



The State of Kansas, which has only recently entered the field as 

 a grower, had in 1875 1,932,860 acres under maize, and produced 

 80,798,769 bushels. 



The progressive imports of maize into the United Kingdom are 

 shown below : 



Cwts. 



1840 99,703 



1845 241,667 



1850 5,473,161 



1855 5,208,570 



' Cwts. 



1860 7,936,123 



1865 7,096,033 



1870 16,756,783 



1875 20,438,480 



In 1876 we imported the large quantity of 39,958,226 cwt., besides 

 7706 cwt. of maize meal and maizena, for which we paid nearly 

 12,750,000/. 



Indian corn is' largely used as food, both for man and animals, in 

 all parts of the United States. In the Southern States it forms the 



