truthsharer, let me see if I can parse that a little more clearly…
- “Corn” is a term for the local staple grain crop. The 19th Century British “Corn Laws” were about all wheat, oats, rye and barley, not maize.
- What we call “corn” in the United States is a grain properly known as maize. In earlier days it was called “Indian corn” which was shortened to “corn” in popular usage.
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