Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1917 — What We Grow in the U. S. [ARTICLE]

What We Grow in the U. S.

The United States produces, on nn average, about three-fourths of the world’s corn crop, one-fifth of the wheat crop, one-fourth of the outs crop, one-eighth of the barley corp, one-fifteenth of the rye crop, one-six-teenth of the potato crop, three-fifths 'of the cotton crop, one-tjjird of the tobacco crop, one-fourth of the hops crop, and one-tenth of th£ sugar crop. In rank of production the United States Is first for corn, wliejit, oats, cotton, tobacco and hope; second for barlev and flaxseed; fourth for sugar, and fifth for rye and potatoes.