CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



HISTORY OF THE CORN PLANT. 



Corn, a native of the Western Hemisphere; thought to have been developed from 

 teosinte ; cultivated by the Indians 1 



CHAPTER II. 

 ACREAGE, DISTRIBUTION, PRODUCTION AND VALUATION. 



ACREAGE DEVOTED TO CORN GROWING. 



In the United States, in each of the states. 



PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION. 



In the world, in the United States, in each of the states. 



VALUATION OF THE CORN CROP. 



In the United States, in each of the states. 



THE PRINCIPAL CORN GROWING COUNTRIES OTHER THAN THE UNITED STATES. 



The production of corn in Mexico, Argentine Republic, Brazil, Portugal, Spain, 

 France, Italy, Greece, Austria Hungary, Roumania, Servia, Bulgaria, Russia, Asia and 

 Africa 4 



CHAPTER III. 

 CLASSIFICATION AND BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS. 



CLASSIFICATION — ^The pod, pop, flint, dent, soft, sweet, and starchy sweet corns. 



BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CORN — Plant Structure, nature of growth, primary and 

 secondary roots, root structure, conditions affecting root growth, stalk, figuring leaf 

 surface, drouth resisting characters, the flower, male or staminate flower, female or 

 pistillate flower, development of ear, development of kernel 36 



CHAPTER IV. 



GERMINATION AND THE GROWTH OF PLANTS. 



GERMINATION — Conditions of germination, vitality, moisture, proper temperature, oxygen. 



THE GROWTH OF PLANTS — Essentials of growth for green plants, constitution, water, 



proper temperature, light, plant food 55 



