PREFACE 
made in the cultivation and care of corn, both for 
seed and market. During this time few books have 
been written which have kept up with this progress. What 
has been written has pertained largely to the attacks of 
insect and fungous pests and to the selection and care of 
corn for seed. 
Very little that would be of practical benefit to the busy.. 
farmer has been written on the culture of corn. We have 
long felt the need of such a book and have at length been 
induced by our friends to attempt the work ourselves. The 
result is seen in the volume now placed before the public. 
Our aim has been to make this book up-to-date in every 
particular and to cover the entire practice of corn growing, 
from the cutting of the stalks in the spring to the selection 
and testing of the seed for next year’s crop. 
We have purposely started with the preparation of the 
seed bed because we know that some readers will start this 
book and will not finish it. If only a little is read, we are 
especially anxious that the reader get that part pertaining 
to the growing of the crop. 
The writers are both actively engaged in farming seven 
hundred acres of land, and W. T. Ainsworth has been growing 
corn on his Cloverdale farm for over thirty-five years. 
No apology is offered for the manner in which the subject 
is treated. The public must be the sole judge as to whether 
the book ig deserving of commendation. 
We do not claim originality for all of our methods since 
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