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23. Capacity of the state to furnish its own wheaten bread 



24. Experiments and observations in regard to this crop. Causes 

 of its general failure. 



25. Some general estimate of the quantity and cost of imported 

 flour consumed in any village, town, or county. 



Indian Corn. 



1. Kinds. Gourd seed. White soft corn. Sweet corn. Flint 

 corn. 



2. Varieties of flint corn. White ; yellow. Weight per bushel. 

 Comparative amount of cob and grain in different varieties. 



3. Soils most suitable. Preparation of land. Crop, if any, which 

 it may best succeed. Fall or .spring ploughing. How often may it be 

 repeated on the same land. 



4. Manuring : kinds of manure most suitable ; quantity to the acre ; 

 how distributed — in hills, drills, or spread — applied green or rotted. 



Lime ; its value to corn — how applied. 



Gypsum; its value to corn — how applied. 



Ashes ; its value to corn — how applied ; crude or spent. 



5. Seed — how selected ; effects of selection in increasing the crop ; 

 how saved ; steeped or sowed dry ; various steeps ; copperas 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 earthing up. Top- 

 ping ; 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 succeeding 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 cultivation 

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



