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INDEX 



Ear {continued) 



relative feeding value, 227. 



storage, 242. 



shrinkage, 245. 

 Early culture of corn, 77. 



methods of modifying, 80. 

 Ear worm, 218. 

 Energy, source of, 47. 

 Environment 



effect on corn, 118. 

 Erosion, 154. 



causes of, 155. 



prevention of, 156. 

 Euchlcena Mexicana, 16. 

 Evaporation of water, 151. 



from soil under corn crop, 208. 

 Exportation of corn, 4. 



Fertilization of corn, 52. 



of sorghum, 286. 

 Fertilizers 



for corn, 138. 



formulas, 142. 



increase due to, 141. 



use in rotation, 131. 



when profitable, 144. 



with farmyard manure, 133. 

 Flint corn, 21. 



for North Carolina. 187. 



varieties, 189. 

 Flowers of corn, 36. 

 Fodder shrinkage in curing, 243. 

 Forage 



corn, sowing for, 171. 



yield at different rates, 183. 



sorghum, 294. 



Gooseneck sorghum, 300. 

 Grain sorghums, 301. 

 Growth of corn, 48. 



climatic factors, 58-67. 

 length of growing season, 59. 

 relation of sunshine to, 61. 

 rainfall to, 64. 

 soils to, 68. 

 Growth of sorghum 



relation of climate and soils, 288- 

 289. 

 Grubworms, 216. 



Harshberger, J. L., 15. 

 Harvesting corn. 222-248. 



breeding plats, 97. 



comparative cost of methods, 241. 



cost of harvesting tops and leaves, 

 232. 



time of, 224. 

 Harvesting sorghum 



broom corn, 337. 



for forage, 322. 



for grain, 319. 



for sirup, 328. 

 Hermaphrodite forms, 24. 

 History of corn, see Origin 



of early corn culture, 77. 



of sorghums, 279. 

 Hoe cake, 252. 

 Hominy, 249. 

 Husker and shredder, 238. 

 Husking fodder corn, 237. 

 Hybridization of corn, 101—116. 



Importation of corn, 6. 

 Impro^'cment and adaptation, 74-84. 



of varieties, 85-92. 

 Interculture, principles of, 197-213. 

 International trade in corn, 4. 



July rainfall and jdeld, 66. 



Kafir, 309. 

 Kowliang, 314. 



Leaves of corn, 33. 



composition of, 184, 227. 



percentage, 226. 



stripping, 230. 



turgidity, 39. 

 Lime, 147-149. 



application of, 134. 



effect of, 147. 

 Lister, 168. 

 Listing, 169. 



Manure, farmyard 



for corn, 130. 



value the ton, 132. 

 Marketing, 245. 

 Market movement, 11. 



