INDEX 



371 



Inspection, rules of 232 



Judging: 



Hints in 76 



Rules for 80 



Kernel, chemical composition of 193 



Kerosene as an insect destroyer 259 

 Labor; 



influences cost of growing. . 303 



Statistical treatment of 308 



Leaf, characteristics of 6 



Leguminous crops: 



Alfalfa 52 



Cowpeas : 



In corn land 171 



Methods of cultivation .... 50 



Varieties of 48 



Soy beans: 



Methods of cultivation... 51 



Varieties of 51 



Length of ear, measuring 84 



Listing: 



Cost of 31a 



Success of 1 1~ 



Maize in other countries — 



Chapter XVIII 335-344 



Manures, see Fertilizers. 

 Marketing — Chapter XIII. .228-244 



Marketing, methods of 229 



Markets : 



Home market tlie best 229 



Selling on 'change 233 



Speculative 234 



Maturity, influence upon feed 



value 145 



Mexico, crop of 338 



Milling, improvement of corn. 317 

 Monoecious character of plant 

 Movement ten years of United 



States crop 3^5 



New England: 



Culture in 178 



Early growth best in 180 



Flint varieties in 3^ 



Varieties adapted to 27, 32 



New uses of corn — Chapter 



XVI 316-321 



Nitrogen: 



Amount required 102 



Corn as a gatherer of 345 



Methods of obtaining 41 



Value as fertilizer 3° 



Nurse crops: 



Barley ■., , 4° 



Harvesting 40 



Oats 43 



Eye 46 



Wheat 46 



Nutrients digestible: 



Amount of I90, 360 



Distribution of 215 



Oil, importance of •orn 238 



Origin, present theories i 



Paris green 264-265 



Phosphoric acid, amount re- 

 quired 104 



Plant food: 



Elements necessary 37 



Forms of atmospheric 38 



Supplied through root system 37 

 Plant breeding, possibilities of 10 

 Plant growth, condition of. ... 37 



Planter, use of 122 



Planting: 



Checkrow and drill systems. 182 



Depth of 115 



Labor required in 311 



Time of 115 



Planting and cultivating — Chap- 

 ter VIII 1 15-127 



Plowing: 



Condition of soil for 55 



Cost of 308 



Depth of 87 



■ Spring or fall 90 



Under stalks 93 



Pod corn 7 



Pollen, production of 5 



Pollenization, corn cross-pol- 

 linated 67 



Potash : 



Amount required 104 



Muriate of 252 



Value as fertilizer 40 



Popcorn : 



Cultivation of 332 



Marketing 333 



Varieties of 333 



Poultry, experiments in feeding 212 

 Preparing the seedbed — Chap- 

 ter VI ■■-87-95 



Prices for thirty years at Chi- 

 cago 364 



Plant food— Chapter III. ... .37-56 

 Protein, experiment showing 



per cent of 29 



Pruning of roots 124 



Ripeness, determining 84 



Root, characteristics of 6 



Roumania, crop of 344 



Russia, crop ot 343 



Score card: 



Example of 79 



Uses of 75 



Seed corn: 



Selection , 70 



Shipping 70, 'i 



Testing 7i 



Storehouse for 68 



Sorting for planter 73 



Selection, effect of 12 



