| Show corn i in nl lead As farm C crop r 0 only 10 per cent of the entire product Is consumed by human beings IMPORTANT GIFT TO WORLD consumed either directly or in form of meat it Is the principal source of the nations food supply washington corn the red mans gift to the white man has come to be the nations most important farm crop consumed either directly or in the form of meat inest and other animal products it is the principal source of lie be nations food supply the 1021 1921 year book of the depart ment of agriculture shows allows just to what hat extent the bushel crop forms tile busts of the livestock live stock industry forty per cent of tile the crop Is fed to clione on farms 30 per cent to horses and mules on farms farm 3 and 15 per cent to cattle on farms only 10 per cent Is used direct tor for human food corn was one of the most imbor tant gifts america made to the rest of the world the united unite states slates now produces about three fourths of the worlds cum corn crop that corn also Is an important crop in Argent argentina ln rm zil mexico and some gome of the southern 0 european Kur countries Is shown lo 10 it the report disease regulate crop weather insects and plant diseases hane haie a great deal to do with ing the size of the crop in the united states the estimated lots loss cau caused ed by common col linion smut alone during the period 1917 1920 was placed at about eighty millions of bushels or of insect pests the lie corn ear worm where abundant causes a loss of at least 7 per cent of the grain on the rs ra attacked tile the european corn bierer also albo threatens to take a heavy toll 0 it la Is stated the production of the corn crop Is financed will less borrowed capital lhnn Is the case with other staple farm crops the reason for tills this Is that the farmers income Is distributed throughout the eai more evenly than Is tile the case in ther other 0 sections and because the direct in the crop con consists sisti more inore of the farmers own labor tin and less of purchased material and equipment quip ment thun than Is tile the awl in many other chop get book from congressmen the ear book which Is obeal through Congress congressional lonal represent alke front froni tile the department contains contal Is much duta data of interest and value t to prodie ers era including chapters on production cotts costs and figures ll cures financing and nil ad ilice ace on production according to sea geo sol bonal supply and deriana de Liand |
