TABLE OF CONTENTS V 



CHAPTER X 

 Harvesting 144-166 



Best stages of development to observe— 

 Water and dry matter at different periods- 

 Cutting corn for fodder, and best time for this 

 work— Shocking and binding — Use of shred- 

 der — Husking standing corn — Cribs to use — 

 Shrinkage of ear corn. 



CHAPTER XI 



Culture Outside the Corn Belt .... 167-191 



Methods followed in the south and east — The 

 Dunton system — The double row or alternating 

 method — New and old ways of harvesting in the 

 south — One acre yields 255 bushels — Culture in 

 eastern and New England states — Returning 

 favor for field corn — Culture under irrigation — 

 Proper time for flooding — Frequency of ap- 

 plication — Amount of water to apply. 



CHAPTER XII 



Feeding 192-227 



Che nicai composition in corn — Digestible 

 nutrients — Corn the best single stock food — 

 List of foods rich in protein — Foodstuffs for 

 balancing corn — Feeding dairy cows and grow- 

 ing steers — Corn as a feed for swine and 

 horses — In fattening poultry — Feeding value of 

 corn stover — Experiments in fattening steers. 



CHAPTER XIII 



Marketing 228-244 



The splendid home demand — Methods of dis- 

 tribution in vogue — The line elevator system — ■ 

 Sale of corn on 'change — Speculative grain 

 trade — Non-farm consumption — Foreign outlet 

 — The best buyers of American corn — Country 

 elevator system — Co-operative storing and 

 handling — Inspection and grades. 



CHAPTER XIV 



Corn Pests and Diseases 245-292 



A myriad of insect pests— The most vulner- 

 able portions of the corn plan — Wireworms 

 injure seed in the ground — Methods of combat- 

 ing—Injury by white grub— Cutworms attack 

 stalks and leaves— Can be held in check by 

 poisons — Arresting the march of the army 

 worm — Approved methods of controlling chinch 

 bug — Pests in bin and granary. 



