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INDEX 



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Shape: 



Grades of 78 



Of kernel 85 



Shocking, difference in south- 

 ern method 176 



Shredder, use of 157 



Shrinkage of ear corn, exper- 

 iments in 1 64 



Silage: 



And field-cured fodder 222 



And roots 224 



Cost of putting up 141 



Covering 140 



Cutting 139 



Handling uncut 140 



Loading and hauling 138 



Silos, location, construction and 



tilling— Chapter IX. ... 128-143 



Silos: 



As preserver of feed 141 



Brick 135 



Capacity of cylindrical 133 



Cement lining in 135 



Classes of 128 



Doors of 131 



Location 128 



Putting corn into 136 



Round 129 



Size of 131 



Stave 130 



Stone 135 



With studding 132 



Smut: 



Chemical composition of. . . . 290 



Controlling the disease 291 



Corn most affected by. .... . 288 



Effect:-; upon animal life.... 290 



Extent of injury from 282 



Habits of 286 



Spores, production of 286 



Use as food 290 



Soft corns 8 



Soil: 



Bringing up worn out 182 



Conservation of moisture.... 123 



Different types of 102 



Pood available in 97 



Influence on development... 63 

 Preparation in breeding.... 61 



Sandy 97 



Typical 96 



Soiling, adaptability of corn to 226 



Space between rows undesirable 85 



Specialties in corn culture — 



Chapter XVII 322-334 



Starch, production of 238 



States growing surplus 228 



Steers, experiments in fattening 206 



Stover: 



Coarse valuable 216 



Compared with timothy. 2 15, 217 



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Stover: 



Feeding with clover 218 



Feeding with hay 219 



Feeding with timothy and 



clover 220 



Feeding value of 216 



Increasing the value of.... 218 



Utilization of 215 



Weight of northern and 



southern 168 



Subsoiling, advantage of 92 



Supply, visible in United States 



and Canada 365 



Sweet corn : 



Best conditions for 19 



For canneries 322 



For the family garden 326 



Harvesting 327 



Planting and cultivating 320, 326 



Use of fodder 328 



Varieties of 330 



Taxation, influences cost 306 



Teams, cost of maintenance... 304 



Teosinte, similarity to corn... 2 



Tip, filling of...' 81 



Transportation, means of 230 



Uniformity: 



Of ears 78 



Of kernels 85 



United States, position in 



world's crop 336 



Use as food by Indians 4 



Value pf corn, to increase.... 199 

 Varieties: 



Other general 36 



Standard of perfection 76 



Warehouses: 



Public grain 231 



Type of English 236 



Water and dry matter........ 146 



Weeders: 



Cultivator, ideal 127 



Cultivator, knife 127 



Disk 126 



Harrow 126 



Weeds, effect on crop 124 



Wei g!it maximum 151 



Wild plant, never indentified. . 2 

 Yield: 



At various stages i°7 



How to grow heavy 180 



255 bushels to the acre.... 171 



Zea amylacea 8 



Zea amlyea-saccharata 8 



Zea everta 7 



Zea indurata 8 



Zea Mays, groups of 6 



Zea saccharata 8 



Zea tunicata 7 



