PKEFAOE. 



THE importance of the subject, and the absence of 

 any work specially devoted to it, is deemed a sufficient 

 apology for the appearance of this book. For a num- 

 ber of years the author has given much attention, both 

 theoretically and practically, to the culture and uses of 

 Indian corn, and has, during that time, accumulated a 

 considerable amount of materials relating to the subject, 

 and mainly derived from the experience of farmers in 

 various sections of the country. 



Since no abler pen has undertaken to supply a want 

 widely felt and acknowledged in the agricultural world, 

 he has at length concluded to digest and arrange his 

 store of materials on hand into the form of the present 

 volume, which is now offered to the public with a 

 lively sense of its imperfections, but not without a pro- 

 found conviction of the importance of the subject. 



The aim has been to condense within a small com- 

 pass all needed and useful information, and to state 



