Contents 



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"First the blade . . ." 3 



I. Early Corn Planters 8 



II. Mexican Maize Fields 22 



III. Corn Conquers Virginia 43 



IV. The Seeding of New England 60 

 V. America Climbs the Cornstalk 82 



VI. Tomahawk Rights and Corn Titles 100 



VII. The Mississippi Flows Through Corn Land 114 



VIII. Millions in Tassel 134 



IX. Hogs and Hominy 147 



X. The Mills Grind Slowly 165 



XL The Mills Become Towns 178 



XII. With Milk and Sugar Blest 194 



XIII. Corn-Makers 213 



XIV. The Courtship of the Corn 234 

 XV. Cornfed Culture 242 



XVI. Some American Corn Gods 256 



XVII. Maize Magic in American Folklore 273 



XVIII. Old Daddy Flicker Likes Corn Likker 285 



XIX. Yellow Bread 305 



XX. Sweet Corn Ripe 322 



XXI. Enemies in the Field 333 



XXII. Tomorrow's Harvest 346 



Bibliography 353 



Index 357 



