crop ; how saved ; steeped or sowed dry ; various steeps ; cop- 

 peras water ; lye ; rolling in tar ; coating with gypsum or ashes ; 

 quantity of seed. 



6. Time of planting ; modes of planting — in hills or drills; 

 distance of plants; protection against vermin or birds. 



7. Cultivation. Weeding; ploughing or harrowing among 

 corn ; use of a cultivator ; number of hoeings ; hilling or earth- 

 ing up. Topping ; suckering ; stripping ; with the effects upon 

 the crop. 



8. Value of the corn stalks and leaves when taken green ; 

 and mode of curing. 



9. Alternate rows of corn and potatoes. Planting pumpkins 

 or turnips among corn. Sowing grain among corn for a suc- 

 ceeding crop. 



10. Harvesting. Gathering by the ear ; or cutting up and 

 stacking in the field. 



11. Preservation of the Grain. Construction of Granaries. 



12. Preservation and comparative value of the stover or dried 

 fodder. 



13. Machines for shelling. 



14. Average yield per acre; value of the crop; cost of cul- 

 tivation from beginning to readiness for the mill. Kiln-drying. 



15. Value and uses of Indian Corn — for Dairy Animals. 



for fattening stock, 

 for swine, 

 for horses, 

 for distillation, 

 for extraction of oil. 



