HOW TO OBTAEST A LAEGE YIELD OF 

 COKK 



HAYING treated of the productive capacity of In- 

 dian corn ; having shown by numerous instances, as 

 well as by reference to natural laws, that it is capable 

 of a more bountiful yield than is usually obtained ; 

 and having urged upon farmers the possibility as well 

 as the duty of increasing the acreable product of this 

 grain, they will perhaps turn to the author with the 

 natural inquiry, " How are these desirable yields to 

 be achieved ? " 



If we refer them to other pages of this book where 

 general instructions on the subject are laid down, 

 there are some who will, perhaps, insist that the in- 

 formation given is not sufficiently definite, and will 

 ask for more specific directions ; considering it a mat- 

 ter of course that a work devoted to the subject should 

 furnish a perfect form for each particular process, and 

 some infallible fertilizer equally adapted to every va- 

 riety of soil. 



To those who entertain this view of the matter, a 

 book that should prescribe an exact method of raising 



