Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-04-26
URGES INCREASED
CORN PRODUCTION
Secretary Of Agriculture Makes
Strong Appeal to Farmers
Of Ten Counties.
Can Do Grown Successfully Over
Wider Area Than Any Other Cereal
and Furnishes Nutritious Food
for Man and Beast,

W. ~0U 0Uu oeSSv.
WashingtOn.-The secretary Of arri.
culture has issued the following s,ate-
ment:
Corn Is Americas most important
cereal. 1t can be grown successfully
over a wider area than any other, and
furnishes nutritious food for man rs
well as the staple grain feed for cattle
and drift animals. The production Of
corn should be increased this year to
the fullest extent, taking into consider
alton seed, labor, and existing eco
nomic conditions, and the availability
of good land in cOrn-growing regions
not needed more urgently for other
crops. The acreage may well be in
creased in most Of the country east of
the one hundredth meridian, rs corn,
in general, thrives In this region.
An appreciable increase in the corn
crop is most feasible, however, in the
sections of highest corn production.
Favorable growing conditions exist in
such regions; farmers there are famil-
lar with corn growing; they have the
necessary equipment available. and
have adapted corn production to pre-
yailing economic conditions.
Areas Of Maximum Corn Production.
A list of the leading corn-producing
counties In the principal corn-pr0duc-
ing states marks roughly the area In
which efforts to increase the produc-
lion of corn should be most successful.
Such a list Of counties for the ten
leading corn-pro1ucing states follows,
The states and the counties within
them are named In the order of their
Importance in corn production. Al
though early paintings have been com
rleted or are In progress In some OF
the counties, late additional paintings
may be advisable In such regions.
IL1INois-CountIes; CHAMPAIGN. lro-
1U0is, Lasalle. Livingston, Mclean. Bu-
gan, Macon. s~angatnon, Shelby, Verlnil!on,
VIII. Adams, Coles, Dokalb, Dewitt,
Donsias, I'ayctte. Ford, Fultnn., Grumpy.
Hancock. k,nkakee, Knox, Mcl,onnnsl'
Eidlft4ibl.' .ttItft, .tlIl'pi - @tii'i } :
Morgan, Oslc. Peoria, Pratt, Pike, Iaze,-
Madison, Marshall. Moultrie, Wayne,
S;5,,s,r Gre Msrto J"Sp slsp; 1siGsrao"' cs Nrns,
Clark. Clay. Cook, Hamilton, Henderson,
Kendall. Menari. Winnehago, cass. Clla-
ION. Crawford. ~Efhngaain. Franklin. Rock
Island. st. Clair. Schuyler, Stark. Wash
iugton.
luWA-Countiea: Harrison, Plymouth,
Pottawattamie Sioux. Woodbury.. AdaIr,
Benton, B~lackhawk,, Boone. Baena Vista,
Cherokee. Clinton. Crawford. Dallas,
Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Grundy, Guth-
RE, Hamilton. Hardin, Jasper. Johnson
Ne2knk, KoSsnth; Linn, Ly2n, Mah its@.
Pocahontas. Polk, Poweshiek. Sac, Shelby
Wright. Audubon, Buchanan, Cerro Gordo
Marion. MONTGOMERY, Clay, Clayton
Floyd, Hancock, Henry. Jones, Scott. Tay'
Tor, Warren. Wayne.
.NEBRAsKA-Coun,ies: Custer. Buffalo
Gage, Knox. Lancaster, Saunders. Antet
ope. blaine, Boone, Butler, Cass, Cedar
Clay. Cunning, Dawson. Dixon, Fillmore
Frontier Furnas, Hamilton, Holt, Jsifer
son, johnson. Lincoln, Madison. Nuckoils
Adams Burt, Dodge. Franklin, Phelps
Polk, Redwiliow. Thurston, Valley, Gree
ley, Hail. Harlan, Howard. Kearney
f'N'N't ~i't~' 1870
Observation-Disclosures: Bates. Nodaway
Vernon. Atchison. Audrain, Barton, cana
I%ninson. Lafayette. Macon. Monroe. Pet
It's, Saline, Boone. Charlton, bekalh Holt
Ray. st. Clair, Andrew, Caldwell. Clinton
Jasper. Knox, Linn. Pike, !stoddard, Ben
ton. Cedar, Dade. Lincoln.. Livingston
mississippi, Montgomery, New Madrid
Polk, shelby, Sullivan, Adair. Buchanan
Lewis. Mercer. Newton. Rails. Randolph
Scotland, Scott.
INnlANA-Counties: Benton. Knox
M Msaaiiso,"ss,gy c,h Tipp wht,s' B nnGpn; .I Hsna
Carroll. Delaware. Fountain. Gibson
Grant .ss . ? 'asWRe ayn naDI sarih Ss%so,
Cass. Dayiess. Greene, Hancock, Howare
gan, Parke, Putnam; Upton. H,go Wen;
ADAMS. Decatur, Eikaar u;o rnaanh' p I,u"'
Jay. Wnrrick.
TEXAs-counties; Collin, Tannin. Ora,
Cooke. Hill, McIennan. Milan. Red Rive
Dallas, Fails, Hopkins. Limestone, Nor
tssue. Smith, Wise, cass, chsr1sse' S,n q;
coryeiI; EN-, pa yens G WilbaEger N W
hanson. Anderson. Bowie. Gaudalnp'
Harrison. Henderson. Houston, Layacii
Nacogdoches, Parker. Robertson; W." A.,
ington,. Wichita. Bastrop, dewitt rp,
T%errant. Travis. Upshur, Wharton
Observation-Disclosures: Butler. Jewell. Ma,
shall, Nemaha, Reno, Republic. SeIgwic
Smith. Sumner. W HSM y b G,nv
ford. Decatur, Dickinson, Graham, Greet
wood, Harper, Jackson. Jefferson. KIM
man, I.abette, Lyon. Mcpherson, Mario
Mitchell, Morris. Usage. osborne. Pm
lips. Pottawntomie. Rite, STAFFORD hou
Montgomery, Neosho. Shawnee, Wabaui
I pra,t A RiI.y, f Rooks. Saline, Wilson. Atci
son, Doniphan. Douglas, Elk, Johnsc
Ottawa, Sheridan. Barton. Chautauau
KiSMnl Ica,,e,,ss: ba El"s0'H Wood. Mad
son, pickaway. clinton, Fayette. Fran
lin. Greene Putnam. Ross. Butler. Chan
paigr. Clark, Hancock. Henry. Highlan
Mercer. Miami, ran,Sin,Nf' I rrshIle' " "
i msr' io ATe'a Marion. Montgomery. sensc
Shelby, Union, Warren, Adams. Ale
brown, Clermont, Delaware, Fulton. So
dusky, Wyandot, Crawford. Defiance. 4,
ron, Knox, RIchland. Stark. Wayne. W
nKiAHoMA-counties caddo. Can
4. dian. Conamchc, GARFIELD. Grady, Graz
Kay, Alfalfa, Blaine, Bryan. Craig, GU
Stephens, Tiilman, Washttp, Dewey. \
san; ,, Mrc,a'nT' u Ms'owy; o SSSis; re Mefn. o.
M MIl'S Woods. cisveiand, Ellis. .Jerersc
Kiowa. Ottawa, Rogers. Wagner.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: Graves. He
derson, u:nion, Christiani D%ylss.; o r.
Fen, Rrrscssinridss. Galloway. Crittsndt
Nonikina. f0Ran. Madison, AdAir, II,