Galen had an inquiring mind and was anxious to form his own independent judgments. His knowledge was equally great in theory and practice. Much of our information on earlier medicine derives from his reports alone, as he absorbed into his work nearly all preceding medical thought.
The crop is primarily grown in the northern states of the country, including Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and a few others. Uttar Pradesh is the largest corn producing state in the country, accounting for nearly 16% of the countryâs corn production.
Most of these counties still are in the Corn Belt. Additional states not listed above with counties contributing to 90% of total U.S. production include North Carolina and New York. As one would expect, most of the U.S. corn is produced in and on the periphery of the Corn Belt.