TABLE OF CONTENTS 



rate of planting, 71-74 Cultivation, 75 Harvesting 

 and storing, 76-82 Improvement of corn, 82 Vari- 

 ety test, 83 Seed selection, 85 Ear-to-row test, 88 

 Breeding and multiplying plot, 90-91 Corn judging, 92 

 Insects and fungous diseases, 93-98. 



CHAPTER V 



WHEAT . . . , . . ^ 



Historical, 99 Botanical characteristics, 100 Root, 

 stem, and leaves, 100-103 Spikelets, flowers, and ker- 

 nel, 103-106 Types of wheat, 107-113 Uses of wheat, 

 113 Evolution of flour mill and modern milling, 114- 

 119 _The world's production, 1 19 Production in the 

 United States, 121 World's supply and demand, 122 

 Wheat districts of the United States, 123-126 

 Adaptation, 127 Methods of culture, 129-136 Im- 

 provement of wheat, 136 The variety test, 137 The 

 head-row test, 139 Wheat judging, 141 Insects and 

 fungous diseases, 142-144. 



99-144 



CHAPTER VI 



OATS 



Historical, 145 Botanical characters, 145 The 

 leaves and flowers, 147 Types of oats, 150 Uses of 

 oats, 150-152 The world's production, 152 Produc- 

 tion in the United States, 152 Exports and imports, 

 153 Adaptation, 154 Methods of culture, 155-160 

 Improvement of oats, 161 Insect enemies and fungous 

 diseases, 162. 



CHAPTER VII 

 BARLEY ......... ... 



Historical, 164 Botanical characters, 165-166 

 Types of barley, 167 Uses of barley, 168-170 The 

 world's production, 171 Exports and imports, 172 

 Adaptation, 172 Methods of culture, 173-175 Insect 

 enemies and fungous diseases, 176. 



145-163 



164-176 



