Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1886 — Our Corn Crop. [ARTICLE]

Our Corn Crop.

The area of corn has increased 20 per cent, since 1879, with very little stimulus from exportation, which has been about*3 per cent, of the quantity produced. It still occupies more than half of the area in cereals, and produces greater value than any other crop except grasses for hay and pasture. The increase more than keeps pace with the advance in population. The increase is more rapid in the West, and the crop is most productive and profitable between the parallels of 36 deg. and 40 deg.