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PREFACE 



DURING the past ten years great progress has been 

 made in the cultivation and care of corn, both for 

 seed and market. During this time few books have 

 been written which have kept up with this progress. What 

 has been written has pertained largely to the attacks of 

 insect and fungous pests and to the selection and care of 

 corn for seed. 



Very little that would be of practical benefit to the busy 

 farmer has been written on the culture of corn. We have 

 long felt the need of such a book and have at length been 

 induced by our friends to attempt the work ourselves. The 

 result is seen in the volume now placed before the public. 



Our aim has been to make this book up-to-date in every 

 particular and to cover the entire practice of corn growing, 

 from the cutting of the stalks in the spring to the selection 

 and testing of the seed for next year's crop. 



We have purposely started with the preparation of the 

 seed bed because we know that some readers will start this 

 book and will not finish it. If only a little is read, we are 

 especially anxious that the reader get that part pertaining 

 to the growing of the crop. 



The writers are both actively engaged in farming seven 

 hundred acres of land, and W. T. Ainsworth has been growing 

 corn on his Cloverdale farm for over thirty-five years. 



No apology is offered for the manner in which the subject 

 is treated. The public must be the sole judge as to whether 

 the book is deserving of commendation. 



We do not claim originality for all of our methods since 



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