CLIMATIC REGIONS AND CROP DISTRIBUTION IN THE U.S.

The article provides information on the climatic regions and crop distribution in the U.S. taken from published articles in various journals. The write up "Crop centers of the United States," by A. E. Waller from the "Journal American Society of Agronomy" talks about the origin, cultivation and the variability of maize, the prime cereal of the country. Meanwhile, the article "Forest Centers of Eastern America," by E. N. Transeau cites the distribution of wheat, cotton and wild or prairie grasses across the region. It states that climate and other topographic factors affect the vegetation of crops.