WASHINGTON, D.C. Plymouth colonists quickly learned from the Native Americans to communicate about the value of com, set ting the stage for domestic trade. ...Plymouth settlers began to praise com as more precious than silver, and those that had some to spare began to trade with another for small things by the quarts, etc., for money they had none... Byt 1624 they had enough surplus to sail a shalop (small ship) loaded NH 1915 - 2115 FORAGE HARVESTER We stock and sell the most harvesting equipment and parts in the East! All backed by experienced, fully equipped service department with on-the-road service. From metal detectors to hyd-transmission to gearboxes etc. - We fix’em right the first lime! Hundreds of harvesters in the fields with high customer sa NH 1915 • Four WhMl Drlvo • Auto Shoar Bar A< • Auto Kntfa ? Sharpanjr _ WE KNO HARVEST LIKE NOB* ELSE! NH 790/900 FORAGE HARVESTER ... Model 824 2 Row Cornhead flow To Export 50 Billion Corn Bushels with com North to the Ken nebec River Settlement of Maine, where they traded the cargo for seven hundred pounds of beaver furs.” (Hardeman, 1981) Exports Short Colonists Once domestic trade was firmly established, export ing com began in earnest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) began record keeping in 1867, and it is likely that the first recorded exports went to Caribbean countries and English colonies. It took 22 * ' -> > ,Sf >' v \ years to export the Erst bil lion bushels of com; the 10-billion bushel mark was reached in 1967. Since the U.S. Feed Grains Council was formed in 1960, over 43.4-billion bushels of com have been exported. Although the council was not established until 1960, the concept of developing export markets for com as a feed grain may have been imagined much earlier. “Though com was by far K A NH 40 2g.n. gF blower Eill Tall Silos Fast Fast-FAST! NH 816 FORAGE BOX / ft. rffi 612 Tandem Gear I " T Fatter Unloading All-StMl Under Construction CORN FODDER SPECIAL Corn As A Feed Grain Export i*ni=rilfii % < Corn Talk, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 9,1993-Page (CfIDIEH TMM. MIWO PENNSYLVANIA MASTER CORN GROWERS ASSOC., INC. the greater crop (than wheat), most of it was mark eted in the form of animals and dairy products. Old World peoples did not appreciate the value of com as a food for human beings, and they grew most of their own food crops for lives tock. Therefore, com did not enter into the exports from America in such large prop ortions... as did wheat. “As the statistician for the Commissioner of Agricul ture said in 1868, the farmer exported only ten bushels of com out of a thousand he grew, got two dollars for it (the 10 bushels), and the cost of shipping it from the Prair ies to Europe was the price of thirty bushels. Conse quently, a crop so exhaust ing to the soil ought to be kept at home.” (Shannon, # WARNING. ALL SILO OWNERS It's important that you know your silo needs maintenance. Your silo will not fall when its empty. Please check your silo for damage or check your insurance policy! i 188 ■HHHH RESURFACES INTERIORS: • Protects feed in storage • acid-resistant • Economical Before The silo's interior After The surface is with plaster damaped and stave recondilionod. and a new. thick, exposed toufh surface wW protect stored toed Shot Crete is also good for repairing stone walls. Lancaster Silo Co., Inc. 200$ Horseshoe Rd. • Lsnceeter, PA * (717) 209-3721 1945) Today, USD A figures indicate that com exports are about 28 percent of the crop, with value-added products using 2.5 percent more. The United States has become the world’s dominant expor ter of com, a success that has come through production and market development. The council has enhanced these successes and is pleased to host the 50-Bil lionth Bushel Jubilee as a modern-day effort to edu cate others about the impor tance of the export market. For more information about the 50-Billionth Bushel Jubilee, contact the U.S. Feed Grains Council, 1400 K St., NW, Suite 1200, Washington, D.C., 20005, (202) 789-0789. 205
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