Description: A world map from 1916 showing the principal corn–producing regions of the world at the time. Based on five–year averages; "WorldÕs annual production, 3,880,000,000 bushels. Leading corn–growing countries, with percentages of the world crop: United States (71%), Argentina (6%), Roumania (4%), Hungary (3%), Mexico (3%), Italy (3%). Average annual production of corn in the United States, 2,770,000,000 bushels. Leading corn–growing states, with percentages of United States crop: Iowa (13%), Illinois (13%), Nebraska (7%), Indiana (6%), Missouri (6%), Ohio (5–1/2%), Texas (4%), Kansas (4%). Leading corn–exporting countries: Argentina, United States, Roumania."
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South Americ
ISO Topic Categories: farming,
location,
oceans
Keywords: Corn Production, statistical, kAgriculture, agriculture, farming,
location,
oceans, Unknown, 1916
Source: Albert Perry Brigham & Charles T. McFarlane, Essentials of Geography (New York, NY: American Book Company, 1916) 403
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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