PREFACE 



This work is a completely revised edition of the well known 

 Bowman and Crossley book on Corn wflich is in such wide use 

 throughout the Corn Belt. 



It has been the purpose, of the Author to cover more completely 

 with the latest and best available information from the different states, 

 the various phases of corn growing, judging, breeding, feeding and 

 marketing, making it of the greatest possible value to the farmer, to 

 the student, to the teacher and to every one interested in America's 

 Greatest Cereal Crop — Corn. 



I am very much indebted to Professor P. G. Holden, who for 

 many years has been my close friend and advisor; to the late Pro- 

 fessor B- W. Crossley, who with me put out the first edition of the 

 Corn BoJ)k, and to Professor S. A. Forbes, Illinois State Entomologist, 

 who has kindly permitted my using the illustrations of the corn insect 

 pests. To Professor Murl McDonald of the Extension Department of 

 the Iowa. State College I am especially indebted for his very able as- 

 sistance in the preparation of data throughout the book. 



- — The Author. 



