Show corn Is still the king of nations crops corn indian maize was growing here when the first white men came venturing across the seas research ers believe it originated as one of the highlands of mexico and guate mala americans have done well with it last year corn was again the nation nations s most valuable crop and by a wide margin the crop sixth largest in the country s history was valued at 4 compared with 4 in 1954 the price average was a bushel as against last year we owe a lot to the indian gift the young nation was built on maize the ax and the rifle cotton was next in value a poor second to corn with a value at 2 the hay crop was third at 2 almost as much as cotton this indicates the great growth in animal production and the demand of feeder lots for hay wheat valued at 1867 and tobacco worth 1189 OW round ed out the major cash crops tomatoes led the vegetable field the year s crop being worth up almost 20 goo over the year before lettuce was second we ate worth of salads in oranges led the fruits with a value of as against from the year before apples were second valued at down 40 from 1954 freezes got a lot of apples where did most of the farm income go the first division states were california with 1683 a gain over 1954 texas second with down a bit from the year before illinois third with 1218 also slightly off from 1954 and iowa fourth with al most 2000 off from the year before the losses extend all through the remaining states with the gains be ing exceptions these reflect the fall in farm prices and this explains why farm crop prices will be cally important in 1956 but corn for something the indians had waiting for us on arvial has turned out real well |