6O INDEX 



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Land, choice of 14 



Machines used in the manufacture of brooms 55 



hurl cutter 58 



Manufacture of brooms 49 



sizing 57 



stitching 57 



winding 57 



Paper pulp from broom-corn stalks 47 



Piling the brush 35 



Plant, description of the broom-corn 6 



Planting, date and method 16 



Preparation of the seedbed 15 



Price of broom-corn 3 



Production of broom-corn in the United States 2 



by states 4 



center of 1 



Regions best suited for different types 13 



Seed, harvesting and storage 23 



method of securing good 21 



smut treatment of 27 



testing vitality of 25 



yield and weight 23 



Seedbed, preparation of 15 



Sheds, curing, construction of 43 



dimensions of 41 



Sizer 57 



Smut, treatment for 27 



Soils for broom-corn 12 



Sorting the brush 36 



Standard broom-corn 7 



yield 9 



Stitcher 57 



Storage of seed 23 



Tabling broom-corn : 33 



Threshing or scraping the brush 39 



Threshing machines 39 



Types of broom-corn 13 



regions best suited to different types 13 



Varieties of broom-corn 6 



Vitality of broom-corn seed 25 



testing of 25 



Wagon, dump, for hauling broom-corn 36 



