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tribution of, 156; ears, ideal, 49; ear- 

 row test, 26; exports and imports, 

 177, 414; fertility in, 408; fertilizers 

 for, 132, 163; fitting the land for, 166; 

 flint, 162; germination tests, 48; green- 

 manure crops seeded with, 147; har- 

 vesting methods and costs, 171; his- 

 tory, 156; lime requirement, 126; 

 method of measuring in cribs, 420; 

 method of testing garmination, 48; 

 method of storing seed, 26, 54; nativ- 

 ity of, 154; original form of, 10; 

 planting depth, 167 168; planting 

 methods 167; planting rate, 166, 174, 

 405; plowing for, 163; pollination of, 

 12; pod, 161; pop, 161; production 

 value as feed, 411; reasons for grow- 

 ing, 159; references, 34, 59, 242, 300, 

 362; roots, 171; root-worm, 254; rota- 

 tions with, 278, 279; score card, 238; 

 stands, poor, 48; seed, storing, 26; 

 seed testing, 54; seed vitality, 405; 

 smut, 36, 254; soft, 161; suckers, 28; 

 sweet, 162; time required to grow one 

 bushel, 301; types, of 161; uses of, 

 177; value of the crop, 155, 413, 416; 

 varieties, 162; varieties, composition 

 of, 162; varieties for the silo, 175; 

 water required, 67; weight per bushel, 

 406; weight per quart, 412. 



Corn-and-cob meal, digestible nutrients 

 in, 410; production value as feed, 

 412; weight per quart, 412. 



Corn bran, weight per quart, 412. 



Corn cobs, fertility in, 408. 



Corn fodder, defined, 172; digestible 

 nutrients in, 410; fertility in, 408; 

 production value as feed, 411. 



Corn, kafir. 



Corn meal, maintenance value, 290, 

 291; production value, 291; weight 

 per bushel, 406; weight per quart, 

 412. 



Corn silage, discussion of, 171; digestible 

 nutrients in, 410; effect of frost on, 

 175; effect on milk, 176; feeding, 176; 

 fertility in, 408; production value as 

 feed, 411; time to cut for, 174; vs. 

 fodder, 172. 



Corn stover, defined, 192; digestible 



nutrients in, 410; fertility in, 408; 

 production value as feed, 411. 



Cotswold aheep, 351, 354. 



Cottolene, 212. 



Cotton, chapter on, 198; averages for 

 ten-year periods in the United StateSi 

 production, total value, value per 

 pound, 417; bale, size of, 211; breed- 

 ing, 29, 202; climate for, 199, 205; 

 crop value and yields, 155, 198, 199, 

 201, 413; cultivating. 209; diseases 

 and insects, 214; exports and imports, 

 198, 415; fertility in lint, meal and 

 seed, 408; fertilizers for, 208; grades, 

 211; green-manure crops with, 147; 

 habits of growth, 200; harvesting, 

 210; history, 199; lint, per cent of, 

 202; marketing, 211; planting, 209; 

 plowing for, 207; rotations with, 279; 

 references, 35, 242, 270; seed, heavy 

 vs. light, 53; seeding rate, 210, 405; 

 soils for, 206. 



Cotton boll-weevil, 214, 257. 



Cotton boll-worm, 215. 



Cottonseed, products, 212; weight per 

 bushel, 406. 



Cottonseed meal, 212; composition, 214; 

 production value as feed, 412; weight 

 per quart, 412. 



Cottonwood, propagation of, 41. 



Cows. See Cattle. 



Cowpea, as green-manure, 147, 206; 

 inoculation, 118; digestible nutrients 

 in, 410; lime requirement of, 126; 

 production value as feed, 411; refer- 

 ences, 243; rotations with, 279; seed- 

 ing rate, 405. 



Cranberries, reference, 243, 271. 



Cream separator, references, 349. 



Cropping, chapter on systems of, 272. 



Crops, choice of, 272; diversified, 273; 

 relative importance of, 154, 155. 



Crop rotations. See Rotation of crops. 



Cross-fertilization, 12. 



Crossing plants, methods of, 13; when 

 desirable, 19. 



Crown-gall, 250. 



Crude fiber, 284. 



Cucumber, beetle, 261; references, 243, 

 270; seed vitality, 405; wilt. 250. 



