TABLE OF CONTENTS 



XV 



under corn crop, 208 — The effect of weeds, 208 — 

 Depth and frequency of cultivation, 209 — Growing corn 

 for silage, 212. 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Animal and Insect Enemies 



Birds, 214 — Rodents, 214- 

 of com, 220. 



■ Insects, 215 — Diseases 



214-221 



CHAPTER XIX 



Harvesting the Cokn Crop ...... 



Time of harvesting, 224 — Relative proportion of parts, 

 226 — Composition of parts, 226 — Relative value of 

 parts, 227 — Time of harvesting for silage, 229 — Meth- 

 ods of harvesting, 230 — -Comparative cost of harvesting 

 methods, 241 — Shrinkage in curing fodder, 243 — Mar- 

 keting, 245. 



222-248 



Uses op Corn 



CHAPTER XX 



249-252 



CHAPTER XXI 



Show Corn .... 

 Growing show com, 257. 



253-258 



CHAPTER XXII 



Sweet Corn or SnoAR Corn 



Varieties and types, 259 — Varieties, 262 — Seed, 263 

 — Selecting and curing sweet corn, 264 — Growing sweet 

 com for canning, 266 — Market sweet corn, 270 — Forc- 

 ing sweet com, 273 — Sweet corn in the home gar- 

 den, 274. 



259-275 



