CONTENTS. 



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Introduction 5 



Broom-Corn aud its Varieties 7 



Description of the Plant 8 



Introduction and Extent of Culture 10 



Secondary Products, Seed 13 



" Fodder and Stalks 14 



Cultivation, The Land 15 



Rotation 15 



Manure 16 



Hills or Drills 17 



Quantity of Seed to the Acre 18 



Time of Planting. 19 



Cultivating 19 



Implements 20 



Thinning 21 



Harvesting, Time for 21 



Harvesting Dwarf Corn 22 



Lopping, Bending or Breaking 22 



Crooked Brush 23 



Tabling 24 



Cutting 25 



Preparing for Market 26 



Curing the Brush 26 



Scraping or Removal of the Seed 26 



Assorting the Brush 28 



Drying or Curing House 29 



Racks for Drying 29 



Curing 30 



Curing and Handling the Crop on the Large Scale. . . , . .31 



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