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Show ^ 1900] PRODUCTS 47 ety of purposes, from Peru to the St. Lawrence. While it is grown to some extent all over the United States, it prefers a warm climate with moderate elevation, v In 1902 Illinois produced over three hundred and seventy- two million bushels, Iowa, with nearly three hundred million, coming next. Missouri and Nebraska also produced over two hundred and fifty million, but Kansas alone of all the other states exceeds two hundred million. Only two others, Indiana and Ohio, produced one hundred million, and of the remainder, Kentucky is the only one which approaches that figure. In contrast, the New England states together produced only something over five million bushels. These figures are only partially due to average yield per acre, the New England states standing uniformly high in this regard, though proportions vary widely from year to year. Illinois supplied the greatest acreage of corn cultivation- viz., over nine million six hundred thousand. Iowa devoted nine million three hundred thousand; Nebraska, seven million eight hundred thousand acres to corn alone; Kansas, seven million four hundred and fifty thousand; Missouri, six million seven hundred and seventy- five thousand; and Texas, five million five hundred thousand acres. Extreme contrast is supplied by Wyoming with two thousand four hundred acres; Montana, three thousand seven hundred; Idaho, five thousand; and Arizona seven thousand five hundred. Over three- fourths of the amount |