4 PREFACE. 
periment stations. This volume is rather in 
the nature of a compilation of such informa- 
tion as seems to the writer might be of service 
to American corn-growers. It is not a special 
account of the author’s experience in growing 
this crop, but rather of the results of many 
cultivators. No attempt has been made to go 
into general details when it has seemed un- 
necessary, and some subjects have been lightly 
touched upon as unimportant. But 1 the 
volume as a whole shall be of material service 
to our corn-growers it will have served its 
purpose. 
CHARLES 8. PLUMB. 
Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. 
