ABCs of CORN
A children's alphabet book by Lois Roets
From A to Z, discover the wonderful world of corn — one of America's most beloved crops!
Farmers measure their fields in acres. One acre is about the size of a football field.
Corn is measured in bushels. One bushel of corn weighs about 56 pounds.
The cob is the center part of an ear of corn. Each cob has about 800 kernels arranged in 16 rows.
Corn loves moisture. Morning dew on the leaves helps the plant stay healthy on hot summer days.
An ear of corn is the part we eat. Each corn plant usually grows one or two ears.
Corn fields stretch for miles across the American Midwest, turning golden in late summer.
Corn is a grain — one of the most important food crops in the world, grown on every continent except Antarctica.
Farmers harvest corn in the fall, when the kernels are dry and hard. Big machines called combines do most of the work.