11 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V. 

 CLIMATE AND SOIL IN ITS RELATION TO CORN. 



CORN AND CLIMATE — Effect of climate on distribution; effect of climate on character of 

 growth; climate and varieties; effect of climate on composition; relation of corn 

 growing to precipitation; relation of temperature to corn growing. 



CORN AND SOIL FERTILITY — Soil adapted to corn ; influence of soil on composition of corn ; 

 continuous growing of corn ; humus ; necessity of rotation ; manures ; fertilizers ; a 

 rotation for the corn belt 72 



CHAPTER VI. 

 SELECTION AND PREPARATION OF SEED CORN FOR PLANTING. 



Buying foreign seed ; harvesting seed corn ; the effect of moisture and freezing on 

 the vitality of corn; the need of testing seed corn; making the germination test; shelling 

 and grading; calibrating the planter; the corn grower's reminder 97 



CHAPTER VII. 



CARE OF THE CORN CROP. 



PREPARING THE GROUND AND PLANTING. 



PREPARATION OF THE GROUND BEFORE PLOWING. 



PLOWING THE GROUND — Objects of plowing; points of merit in plowing; depth of plow- 

 ing; fall plowing; spring plowing; plowing sod. 



TREATMENT OF PLOWED GROUND BEFORE PLANTING — ^With a disc, special harrows, smooth- 

 ing harrows, roller. 



PLANTING WITH CHECK ROWER — Time of planting; depth of planting; distance between 

 rows ; number of stalks per hill ; what is a perfect stand ; replanting of corn. 



DRILLING CORN. 



LISTING — Preparing the ground ; use of the lister 138 



CHAPTER VIII. 



CULTIVATION OF THE CORN CROP. 



CULTIVATION OF CHECKED AND DRILLED CORN — Objects of tillage; harrowing corn; depth 

 of cultivation ; frequency of cultivation ; kinds of cultivators. 



CULTIVATION OF LISTED CORN 17g 



CHAPTER IX. 



THE CARE OF THE CORN CROP. 



HARVESTING AND STORING THE GRAIN. 



HARVESTING CORN IN THE EAR — Stage of maturity; time of harvesting; methods of har- 

 vesting; cost of harvesting; methods of unloading. 



STORING CORN — Principles involved ; cribs, shrinkage of corn 192 



