CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION, 11 



EXTENT AND VALUE OF THE COEN CEOP, 22 



General View of the Crop. Money Value of the Crop. Estimated 

 Crop for 1870. Consumption of the Crop. 



NAME AND OEIGIN OF INDIAN COEN, 88 



ADAPTATION TO VAEIETIES OF SOIL AND CLIMATE, 86 



ADAPTATION TO THE WANTS OF MAN, 40 



CERTAINTY OF THE CEOP, -43 



AVEEAGE YIELD, 45 



PRODUCTIVENESS, 48 



LIMIT OF PRODUCTION, 54 



VARIETIES OF INDIAN COEN, 60 



IMPROVEMENT OF VARIETIES, 6T 



INTRODUCTION OF NEW VARIETIES, 71 



CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CORN, 76 



DEVELOPMENT AND STRUCTURE, 82 



SEED FOR PLANTING, 90 



Selection of Seed. Preparation of Seed. 



TIME TO PLANT, .'. 97 



THE SOIL AND ITS CONSTITUENTS, 102 



PRACTICAL MODE OF TESTING THE SOIL, 107 



PREPARATION OF THE SOIL, 113 



MANURES, 118 



