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XV 



under com crop, 208 — The eflect of weeds, 208 — 

 Depth and frequency of cultivation, 209 — Growing corn 

 for silage, 212. 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Animal and Insect Enemies 214-221 



Birds, 214 — Rodents, 214 — Insects, 215 — Diseases 

 of com, 220. 



CHAPTER XIX 



Harvesting the Cokn Ckop 



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 



CHAPTER XX 



Uses op Corn 



249-252 



CHAPTER XXI 



Show Corn .... 

 Growing show com, 257. 



253-258 



CHAPTP.R XXII 



Sweet Corn or Sugar Corn 259-275 



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

 — Selecting and curing sweet corn, 264 — Growing sweet 

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

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

 den, 274. 



