解放以来,我省玉米生产有了很大的发展,播种面积已由1949年的238万亩,扩大到现在的450万亩左右,单产也由144.5斤,提高到1978年的452斤,提高了2.13倍,总产由3.44亿斤,增长到20.33亿斤,增长4.9倍。从玉米的播种面积和总产占粮食作物的比例来看,已分别由1949年的6.2%和8.3%,增长到1978年的10.8%和20.7%。1949年至1978年全省粮食增长近57亿斤,其中玉米增产16.9亿斤,接近粮食总增长量的30%;89.2%播种面积的其他粮 Since liberation, corn production in our province has made great progress. The sown area has increased from 238 million mu in 1949 to about 4.5 million mu now, and the yield per unit has also risen from 144.5 kg to 452 kg in 1978, 2.13 times, total output from 344 million jins, increased to 2.033 billion jins, an increase of 4.9 times. From the acreage of maize and its share of total food crops, it has risen from 6.2% and 8.3% in 1949 to 10.8% and 20.7% in 1978 respectively. From 1949 to 1978, the province’s grain output increased by nearly 5.7 billion kg, of which maize increased by 1.69 billion kg, approaching 30% of the total grain output; 89.2% of other crops sown