XVIII INDEX 



Soil fertility (see "Plant Food") 68, 84-95 



crop rotation 88-89, 93-94 



use of fertilizers 92 



use of manure 90-92 



South America, production of corn in 9, 26 



Speculation in grain 316-317 



benefits of 317 



definition of 316 



necessity for 316 



Stalk of corn plant 42 



structure of 42 



epidermis 42 



fibro-vascular bundles 43 



pith 43 



woody wall 43 



Stalk borer 235 



Stalk disease 220-221 



Stalk fields 208, 381 



Stalks, number per hill 165 



Stand 171 



Starch 339-340 



Starch feeds 364 



Stock in unhusked fields 381 



"Stop order" 313 



Storage of corn 195-199 



cribs 196-197 



elevators 254-260 



public warehouses 296-297 



Storing seed corn 102-112 



Stored corn, insects injurious to 248 



shrinkage of 197-200 



Stored grain, heating of 293 



Stover 366 



digestible nutrients in 379-380 



Structure, of corn leaves 45 



of corn roots 40 



of corn stalks 42 



epidermis 42 



pith 43 



woody wall 43 



Suckers, causes of 169, 449-450 



Supply and demand of corn 21 



Syrup 340 



Taxes 207 



Teosinte 37 



Temperature in relation to corn growth 57, 58, 60, 63, 65, 75, 83 



Terminal markets 268 



Terminal export markets , 253, 298 



Terms used in buying and selling grain 288, 312 



Testing corn for moisture 277, 284 



Testing seed corn 1 12-130 



cost of , 127 



method of 115-130 



rag doll 128-130 



saw-dust box 115-126 



need of test 112 



relation of test to stand of corn 114 



relation of stand to yield 114 



