CORN 



Uses of Corn. Corn is used chiefly as a stock food, but 

 in recent years an increasing amount is used as a human 

 diet. Many of the breakfast foods are made from corn. 



Fig. 10. Samples of various kinds of corn products. 



Fine grades of oil, sirup, sugar, and starch are manufactured 

 from corn. Large amounts of corn products are annually 

 shipped abroad. Glucose factories use annually many 

 million bushels of corn for making corn products. 



Corn Culture. --The seed bed for corn should be care- 

 fully prepared before the seed is planted. It is better to 

 plow clay soil in the fall and let it lie in the rough through 

 the winter. The frequent freezing and thawing of the 

 ground allows the lumps to break down easily and the land 

 by proper cultivation in the spring can be put into good 

 tilth. If clay lands are plowed in the spring, they should 

 not be plowed deeper than in previous years. New ground 

 brought to the surface in the spring is detrimental to the 

 corn crop. 



