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CHAPTER XIII.— MAIZE. 



CULTURAL METHODS. 



FAGI 



Time of Plowing . . 218 



Depth of plowing, 219 ; Subsoiling, p. 221 ; Prepar- 

 ing ground after plowing, p. 221. 



Depth of Planting 223 



Listing, p. 224; Time of planting, p. 226; Rate of 

 planting, p. 227 ; Influence of rate of seeding upon 

 composition, p. 229. 



CHAPTER XIV.— MAIZE. 



CULTURAL METHODS. (CONCLUDED). 



Planting in Hills or Drills 231 



Method of Distribution, p. 232 ; Distance apart of 

 rows, p. 234; Intercultural tillage, p. 235 ; Injury 

 due to weeds, p. 235 



Effect of Stirring the Soil 236 



Root pruning, p. 236 ; Depth of cultivation, p. 237 ; 

 Amount of cultivation, p. 239 ; Conservation of 

 moisture, — influence due to stirring the soil, p. 240. 

 Hilling and Bedding ....... 242 



CHAPTER XV.— MAIZE. 



WEEDS, FUNGOUS DISEASES AND INSECT ENEMIES. 



Weeds 243 



Foxtail, p. 243; Bindweed, p. 243; Cocklebur, p. 

 244; Spanish needles, p. 244. 

 Fungous Diseases 244 



