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all important foods for man. The oil pressed out of the 

 grain when refined, may also be used as a food. It is used 

 in paint, for lubricating, and even for making rubber. 

 Alcohol and starch for clothes are other products of the 

 grain. Corn cobs are made into pipes. Husks are used 

 for packing and in mattresses. Paper is made from corn 

 stalks. The pith of the stalk is used as packing in the 

 walls of battleships. 



Corn Enemies. Gophers, crows, and blackbirds like 

 corn, and will sometimes dig out and eat the seed from 

 large patches just after the planting. Cutworms cut the 

 young corn plants off just at the surface of the ground. 

 They are grayish brown in color, and about an inch long. 

 Where they are numerous, they sometimes destroy the 

 whole crop of young corn plants in a field. Fall plowing 

 will destroy many cutworms. Wireworms and white grubs 

 destroy the roots of corn planted in sod land. Fall plowing 

 prevents them from increasing in number, and is the only 

 practical remedy. 



The root louse on corn becomes a great pest if corn is 

 grown year after year on the same land. Rotation of crops 

 and thorough cultivation so as to destroy all weeds that 

 may harbor them will effectively destroy the root louse. 

 Chinch bugs, which suck the juice from the corn plant 

 above the ground, can also be prevented by rotation of 

 crops and weed destruction. Army worms and grasshoppers 

 eat corn, as well as any other green plants. Fall plowing 

 will destroy these and many other insects that may injure 

 corn. 



Corn smut is a fungous parasite that lives in the growing 

 plant, and weakens it by absorbing the juices that should 



