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INDEX 



Corn {cordinuedi 



methods of cutting, 194. 



Mexican June, 125. 



modified ridging system, 160, 162. 



number of ears per plant, 86. 



number of plants per hill, 177. 



other crops with, 179. 



place in rotation, 152. 



planting, 166. 



planting in water-furrow, 161. 



pod, 114. 



pop, 113, 114. 



pop corn crossed with dent, 127. 



position of ears, 86, 87, 116. 



productive varieties of corn, 120. 



products, 100. 



prolific varieties, 122. 



proportion of parts, 99. 



"pulling fodder," 191. 



pulling the ears, 189. 



qualities accompanying high 

 yields, 116. 



qualities needing improvement, 

 116. 



quantity of fertilizer, 157. 



races and varieties, 112. 



rat-proof cribs, 201. 



relationships between corn plants, 

 139. 



remnants of breeding ears, 135. 



removal of tip grains, 146. 



replanting, 169. 



ridging versus flushing land, 159. 



roots, 79, 80, 81. 



rotations for, 150. 



rotation, literature of, 157. 



saving by shocking, 192. 



score-card for, 101. 



seed from tip, middle, and butt, 

 145. 



selecting and crossing, 128. 



selecting according to composi- 

 tion, 138. 



selection in field or crib, 130. 



shanks, length of, 130. 



shape of ear, 105. 



Corn (.continued) 



shapes of grain, 92, 117. 



shocker, 198. 



shocking horse for, 194. 



shredding, 200. 



shucks, 84, 116. 



silks, 88. 



simple selection, 131. 



size of ears for planting, 130. 



sled cutter, 197. 



smut, 214. 



soft, 113, 114. 



soils for, 150. 



space between kernels near cob, 



169. 

 stem, 82. 

 stover, 99, 193. 

 stripping the blades, 191. 

 subsoiling for, 163. 

 sweet, 113, 114. 

 tassel, 86. 



thickness of planting, 176. 

 thinning, 177. 

 time of plowing, 159. 

 tips, 108. 



top and bottom ears, 144. 

 topping, 192. 

 trueness to type, 109. 

 two-horse cultivators for, 174. 

 uses of, 78. 

 varieties, 116. 



varieties, illustrations of, 124. 

 varieties, laboratory exercises, 



125. 

 varieties, literature of, 126. 

 varieties, yields of, 118. 

 vitality, 104. 



weevil-resistance, 114, 115. 

 weevils in, 202, 211. 

 Wilhamson method of culture, 



185. 

 yellow varieties, 122. 

 yields, 204. 

 Cotton, absorbent, 263. 



Allen Long-staple variety, 299. 

 angular leaf-spot, 418. 



