viii CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VIII 



CORN CULTURE ^ flg 



Selecting a Variety Improvement and Breeding of Corn Varie- 

 ties Ear-to-row Breeding Crossing Selection and Care of Seed 

 Corn Selecting Seed from Crib Field Selection Storing Seed 

 Corn Examining Seed Corn Germination Tests Germination 

 Box Doll Baby Germinator Butt and Tip Kernels for Seed. 



CHAFTER IX 



PREPARATION OF LAND FOR CORN 67 



Plowing Corn Land Depth of Plowing Fall or Spring Plowing 

 Time of Spring Plowing -Preparation After Plowing Planting Corn 

 Hand Planting Drilling Check-row Planting Listing Yield 

 of Hill and Drill Planting Time of Planting Depth of Planting 

 Rate of Planting Relation of Soil and Climate. 



CHAPTER X 



TILLAGE FOR CORN 74 



Tillage Machinery Weeders Lister Cultivators Reasons for Inter- 

 tillage Loss of Soil Moisture Water Loss in Fields Conserving 

 Moisture in a Corn Field Effect of Weeds The Function of Inter- 

 culture for Corn Depth of Cultivation Frequency of Cultivation. 



CHAPTER XI 



HARVESTING AND UTILIZING CORN 80 



m Methods of Harvesting Pasturing Corn Stalks Cost of Saving 

 Stover Harvesting Corn Fodder Corn Harvesters and Binders 

 Shocking Fodder Hauling and Storing Fodder When to Harvest 

 Fodder Relative Proportion of Parts Husking Ears Storing 

 Ears Shrinkage of Corn in Curing Cost of Producing Corn How 

 Silage is Made Uses of Corn Glucose Cereal Foods Starch 

 Distillery Products. 



CHAPTER XII 



CORN INSECTS AND DISEASES 88 



Corn Insects Below Ground Insects Above Ground Migratory 

 Insects Birds and Rodents. 



CHAPTER XIII 



POP-CORN AND SWEET CORN 90 



Pop-corn Varieties Harvesting Marketing Sweet Corn Varie- 

 ties Harvesting . 



CHAPTER XIV 



CORN JUDGING 93 



Practical Characters Maturity Soundness Fancy Characters 

 Shape of Ear Shape of Kernels Character of Germ The Score 

 Card Corn Judging Explanation of Points Fancy Points Prac- 

 tice Work in Scoring Corn. 



CHAPTER XV 



WHEAT 104 



Production of Wheat Wheat in the United States Production Not 

 Increasing Spring and Winter Wheat Advantages of Winter Wheat 

 Wheat as a Bread Crop. 



