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and; chotce:ofees see aan ae eee 14 
Machines used in the manufacture of brooms_______-___ 55 
Hirer the ras ee aoe a eS Se ee See eee 58 
Manufacture of brooms 49 
SIZING} )-2 eos pone ees 57 
Stiiching/-2 222 ee eee 57 
Wit oe so ere ne ee ee ee 57 
Paper pulp from broom-corn stalks_-_------------------- 47 
Piling thet brush saeco: 22) =e ee eee ee ee Oe 35 
Plant, description of the broom-corn______-_--------____ 6 
Planting, date: and! method 2222255 eee 16 
Preparation of the seedbed ~-_-----------_-_------_------ 15 
Prices Of: broOm-CcOril)... 2a = ee ae See ee 3 
Production of broom-corn in the United States__________ 2 
by Statesot ane ss Sai see 2 eee ee Se 4 
Center Ofy= 2 == 9 see een ees See eee 1 
Regions best suited for different types--_------_-_---_-_- 13 
Seed, harvesting and storage 23 
method of securing good 21 
Stitt treatmention 22202226 ees er ee eee 27 
testing: vitality (Of-25 s=2222 02 22a ee 25 
yieldsand weight) .< se 22525525 eee es ne en eee 23 
Seedbed, preparation of ~-------------------- 15 
Sheds, curing, construction of 43 
CimTeN SOUS O lawn eee ee eee ee ee 41 
S1Z6f 220 SRA ee ee oe ee 57 
Smut, treatment for 27 
Soils for broom-corn 12 
Porting the: Drushy 222.2522 eis 8 a Se eee 36 
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57 
23 
‘Tabling broom=-corm)=2-2=-2-- 2222 22-+--2s5s5— boanneee take 33 
Threshing or scraping the brush ~--_---------_-__- 39 
‘hreshingsmachines2_=-- 22 2-2 Bee Ses ee 39 
Types: of broom-corn 2222=52-- 3-25 22 13 
regions best suited to different types 13 
Varieties: of broom-corn: .-.-2---------2-22222220 2222 22 6 
Vitality of broom-cornsééd: 22 222255522223 eee 25 
testing Of Aso sooo es Sec oa ee ee eee 25 
Wagon, dump, for hauling broom-corn___--------------_ 36 
