INDEX 



371 



PAGE 



Inspection, rules of 232 



Judging: _ 



Hints in 76 



Rules for 80 



Kernel, chemical composition of 193 



Kerosene as an insect destroyer 259 



Labor: 



Influences cost of growing. . 303 



Statistical treatment of 300 



Leaf, characteristics of 6 



Leguminous crops: 



Alfalfa 52 



Cowpeas: 



In corn land 171 



Methods of cultivation.... 50 



Varieties of 4S 



Soy beans: 



Methods of cultivation... 51 



Varieties of 51 



Length of ear, measuring 84 



Listing: 



Cost of 310 



Success of 118 



Maize in other countries — 



Chapter XVIII 335-344 



Manures, see Fertilizers. 



Marketing — Chapter XIII. .228-244 



Marketing, methods of 229 



Markets: 



Home market tlie best 229 



Selling on 'change 233 



Speculative 234 



Maturity, influence upon feed 



value 145 



Mexico, crop of 338 



Milling, improvement of corn. 317 



Monoecious character of plant 5 



Movement ten years of United 



States crop 365 



New England: 



Culture in 178 



Early growth best in 180 



Flint varieties in t> 2 



Varieties adapted to z-j, 32 



New uses of corn — Chapter 



XVI 316-321 



Nitrogen: 



Amount required 102 



Corn as a gatherer of 345 



Methods of obtaining 41 



Value as fertilizer.... 30 



Nurse crops: 



Barley 46 



Harvesting 46 



Oats 43 



Rye 46 



Wheat 46 



Nutrients digestible: 



Amount of 196, 366 



Distribution of 215 



Oil. importance of corn 238 



Origin, present theories 1 



Paris green 264-265 



Phosphoric acid, amount re- 

 quired 104 



Plant food: 



Elements necessary 37 



Forms of atmospheric 38 



Supplied through root system 3^7 

 Plant breeding, possibilities of 10 

 Plant growth, condition of.... t>7 



Planter, use of 122 



Planting: 



Checkrow and drill systems. 182 



Depth of 115 



Labor required in 311 



Time of 115 



Planting and cultivating — Chap- 

 ter VIII 115-127 



Plowing: 



Condition of soil for c5 



Cost of 308 



Depth of 87 



Spring or fall 90 



Under stalks 93 



Pod corn 7 



Pollen, production of 5 



Pollenization, corn cross-pol- 

 linated o . . . . 67 



Potash : 



Amount required 104 



Muriate of 252 



Value as fertilizer 40 



Popcorn : 



Cultivation of ^^2 



Marketing 333 



Varieties of 333 



Poultry, experiments in feeding 212 

 Preparing the seedbed — Chap- 

 ter VI 87-95 



Prices for thirty years at Chi- 

 cago 364 



Plant food — Chapter III 37-56 



Protein, experiment showing 



per cent of 29 



Pruning of roots 1 24 



Ripeness, determining 84 



Root, characteristics of 6 



Roumania, crop of 344 



Russia, crop of 343 



Score card: 



Example of 79 



Uses of 75 



Seed corn: 



Selection 70 



Shipping 70, 71 



Testing 7I 



Storehouse for 68 



Sorting for planter 73 



Selection, effect of 12 



