Do you know why it is called Indian corn?

你知道印第安玉米这个称呼是怎么来的吗？

Thus it will be seen how varied are the uses of Indian corn.

由此可见，印第安玉米全身都是宝。

They are beautifully placed, and remind one of a tiny ear of Indian corn.

它们摆放得很漂亮，让人想起印第安玉米的小穗。

Indian corn is now the leading crop in the United States.

印第安玉米是美国主要的农作物。

I am sure you have also seen peas, beans, Indian corn, wheat, and many other seeds.

大家也一定见豌豆、大豆、玉米、小麦的, 还见好多好多别的。

They make fine resiny, light-giving camp-fires, next to ears of Indian corn the most beautiful fuel I've ever seen.

他们用树脂制成精美的、能发光的篝火， 仅次于印度玉米穗， 是我见的漂亮的燃料。

Such a negro, over and above this quantity of tobacco, can manage, they reckon, four acres of Indian corn.

除了这数量的烟草外， 还可以管理四英亩的印第安玉米。

The native American staple that the Taino people called mahiz was nicknamed Indian corn by Europeans, which in the US was eventually shortened to just corn.

泰诺人称为 mahiz 的美国本土主食被欧洲人昵称为印度玉米，在美国终简称为玉米。

Father. We have much to be thankful for. Less than a year ago we had nothing to eat except our small supply of Indian corn, and were afraid that even that would soon be gone.

我们要感谢的事有很多。不到一年，除了少量的玉蜀黍外，我们什么也吃不到，而且我们担心连玉蜀黍都会很快吃完。

Such are potatoes and maize, or what is called Indian corn, the two most important improvements which the agriculture of Europe, perhaps, which Europe itself, has received from the great extension of its commerce and navigation.

这就是马铃薯和玉米，或所谓的印度玉米，欧洲农业的两重要的改进，也许是欧洲本身从其商业和航海的巨大扩展中获得的。

Toward the south where the sequoia becomes most exuberant and numerous, the rival trees become less so; and where they mix with sequoias they grow up beneath them like slender grasses among stalks of Indian corn.

向南，红杉变得旺盛，数量多，而竞争对手的树木则减少了；在它们与红杉混杂在一起的地方，它们在树下生长，就像印度玉米茎中的细草。

Toward the south, however, where the Sequoia becomes more exuberant and numerous, the rival trees become less so; and where they mix with Sequoias, they mostly grow up beneath them, like slender grasses among stalks of Indian corn.

然而，向南，红杉变得更加茂盛和数量更多，竞争对手的树木变得不那么多了；在它们与红杉混合的地方，它们大多生长在红杉的下面，就像印度玉米茎中的细长草。

In several provinces of France, the feeding of poultry is considered as a very important article in rural economy, and sufficiently profitable to encourage the farmer to raise a considerable quantity of Indian corn and buckwheat for this purpose.

在法国的几个省份，家禽饲养被认为是农村经济中非常重要的一项，其利润足以鼓励农民为此的植大量的印度玉米和荞麦。

The many uses of Indian corn and its products are worthy of note.