240 
Early cutting in soiling, 190. 
Elateride, 127. 
Embryo ear, 16. 
Exports, 208, 210. 
Fat, 161. 
Feed, glucose, 179. 
gluten, 179. 
hominy, 180. 
maize, 180, 
starch, 179. 
sugar, 180. 
Feeding of live stock, 161, 
silage, 204. 
standards, 162. 
stuffs, manurial value of, 69. 
Female flower, 15, 16 
Fertility removed by corn crop, 58. 
Fertilization. cross, 228. 
Fertilizers, experiments with, 62. 
manures and, 58. 
necessary, 58. 
Fertilizing constituents, 159. 
flowers, 16. 
Filling silo, 202. 
Fish scrap for manure, 67. 
Flint corn, 18. 
varieties, 27. 
Floor for silo, lining and, 194. 
Flour, gluten, 179. 
Flower, 15. 
kinds of, 15. 
Flowers, fertilizing, 16. 
Fly, seed corn, 126. 
Fodder, pulled, 111. 
ΤΟΣ eany concerning shredded, 
11 
Food, corn a carbonaceous, 165. 
Foods, constituents of, 161. 
Form of silos, 193. 
Frequency of cultivation, 76. 
Georgia, varieties for, 41. 
Germination temperature, 48, 
Glucose, 18. 
feed, 179. 
meal, 179. 
Gluten, cream, 180. 
feed, 17 
feed, Buffalo, 180. 
flour, 179. 
grano, 179. 
meal, 179. 
meal, Chicago, 180. 
Gortyna nitela, Guen., 134. 
Grain, composition of, 154, 
moth, Angoumis, 143. 
Grano-gluten, 179. 
Green corn, composition of, 156. 
food, beneficial effects of, 189, 
food, importance of, 184. 
manure, 67. 
Growers, Indians as corn, 9. 
Growing for silage. method of, 201 
Growth, rapidity of, 14. 
INDEX. 
Grub, white, 130. 
Harrowing, 73. 
Harvesting, 99. 
machinery, 103. 
Hearts, corn, 183. 
Heliothis ar miger . Hubn., 140. 
Hills, drills vs., 89. 
Hinds on by- -products, 182, 
Historical, 7. 
Home of maize, 8, 11. 
Hominy chop, 180. 
feed, 180. 
meal, 180. 
Horse, corn, 108. 
Horses, rations for, 166. 
Husking, 111. 
dispensing with, 112. 
machines, 114. 
Illinois, varieties for, 42. 
Importance of green food, 154. 
of rotation, 123. 
Indiana, varieties for, 41, 
Indians as corn-growers, 9. 
Injuring seed after planting. insects. 
126. 
Insects, 126. 
affecting the roots, 127. 
affecting the stalk, 130. 
injuring seed after planting, 126. 
other, 145. 
lowa station, soiling at, 188. 
varieties for, 43. 
Judging corn; a scale of points, 48, 
56. 
Kansas, varieties for, 43. 
Kentucky, varieties for, 43. 
Kernel, 17. 
Kernels, relative value of butt, cen- 
ter and tip, 48, 52. 
Lachnosterna fusca, Fréhle, 180, 
Leaves, 14. 
on stalk, number, 15. 
Lining and floor for silo, 194. 
Listing, 94. 
Literature on Indian corn, 234. 
Live stock, feeding of, 161. 
Louse, corn plant, 127. 
Louisiana, varieties for, 43. 
Machinery, harvesting, 103. 
Machines, husking, 114. 
Maize feed, 180. 
Male flower, 15, 16. 
Manure, effect of stable, 59. 
Manures and fertilizers, 58. 
Manurial experiments, summary of, 
value of feeding stuffs, 69. 
Meal, corn-and-cob meal vs. corn, 
ὃ. 
glucose, 119. 
