INDEX 



American Agriculturist contest 353 



Antiquity of plant 2 



Argentina: 



Crop of 340 



Corn acreage in 343 



Exports from 343 



Austria-Hungary, crop of 337 



Binder, use of 356 



Bisulphid of carbon 2-jj, 279 



Botany and varieties — Chapter 



II 5-36 



Bran, how obtained 195 



Breeding: 



Advantages of 59 



Barren stalks in plat 66 



Field 64 



Methods of 59 



Plats, arrangement of 65 



Selection of variety in 61 



Breeding and selection of seed 



corn — Chapter IV 57-74 



Butt, grades of 82 



By-products, composition of. . . 195 



Carbon bisulphid 2-77, 279 



Characteristics: 



Fixed by selection 10 



Physical n 



Chloride of lime 252 



Circumference of ear, meas- 

 uring 83 



Clover: 



As a soil fertilizer 43 



Plowing sod for corn 47 



Securing a stand 43 



Seeding for fertilizing 43 



Seeding with nurse crops... 43 

 Seeding during last cultiva- 

 tion 47 



Seeding alone . . . .' 47 



Cob, proportion of corn to 86 



Color, grades of 80 



Commercial products of corn.. 316 

 Compounds, at various stages. . 148 

 Co-operative storing and selling 243 



Corn judging — Chapter V 75-86 



Corn pests and diseases — Chap- 

 ter XIV 245-292 



Cornstalks in ^mechanic arts... 320 

 Cost of growing corn— Chapter 

 XV 293-315 



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Cost of production: 



American Agriculturist esti- 

 mate 2,01, 314 



Difficult to estimate 293 



Explanation of term 302 



Illinois investigation 295 



Nebraska farm estimate 300 



Sibley estate estimate 299 



Unreliable official estimate 

 Wisconsin investigation . . 



Crops: 



Classification of 105 



Corn a restorative 348 



Requirements of 347 



Of the world 363 



Of the United States 367 



Comparison eastern, southern, 

 western 359 



Cribs: 



Double 



294 

 297 



163 



Most suitable 163 



Cultivation: 



Alternating method 171 



Cost of 2,12 



Dunton system 169 



Early methods of, in America 4 



Object of j82 



Reasons for 123 



Shallow 124 



Southern methods 167 



Culture outside the corn belt — 



Chapter XI 1 67-191 



Cutting and shocking 155 



Dent corn: 



Benton 3 x 



Boone County White 24 



Characteristics 13 



Development of 8 



Early Mastodon 30 



Golden Eagle 17 



Iowa Silver Mine 18 



Learning 22 



Pride ( of the North 31 



Reid's Yellow 15 



Riley's Favorite 19 



Varieties \ 2 



White Superior 20 



Digestion, summary of exper- 

 iments 148 



Ditching, to^ destroy insects... 265 



