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CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XXI 



HARVESTING AND STORING THE CORN CROP 



Harvesting Corn: Time of harvesting, 304; Methods 

 of harvesting, 305; Effect of method of harvesting 

 on yield of grain, 306; Yields of forage by different 

 methods of harvesting corn, 307; Cutting and shock- 

 ing the entire plant, 308; Harvesting the ears only, 

 309; Hand methods of cutting corn, 310; Comparative 

 cost of harvesting by different methods, 311; Corn 

 harvesting machinery, 312; Shocking corn, 313; 

 Husking corn, 314; Shredding corn, 315. Storing 

 Corn: Cribs, 316; Shrinkage of stored corn, 317; 

 Measuring corn in the crib, 318. 



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CHAPTER XXII 



ANIMAL AND INSECT ENEMIES AND FUNGOUS DISEASES OP 

 CORN. . . . . '., . 



Animal Enemies: Treatment, 319. Insect Enemies: 

 Causes, 320; Corn bud-worms, 321; Cut-worms, 322; 

 Wire-worms, 323; The corn ear-worm, 324; Chinch 

 bugs, 325; Grain moths and weevils, 326. Fungous 

 Diseases: Corn-smut, 327. 



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CHAPTER XXIII i 



OATS 



Origin and botanical classification, 328. Structure 

 and Composition of the Oats: The plant, 329; The pan- 

 icle, 330; The spikelets, 331; Pollination, 332; The 

 grain, 333; Composition, 334. Varieties of Oats: 

 Classification, 335; Varieties grown in the cotton- 

 belt, 336; Red Rust-proof oats, 337; Burt oats, 338; 

 Turf oats, 339; Beardless red oats, 340. Improve- 

 ment of Varieties: Need of improvement, ,341 ; Intro- 

 duction of new seed, 342; Mechanical selection, 343; 

 The seed-plot, 344; The isolation of elementary 

 species, 345; Improvement by hybridization, 346. 



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