INDEX 



Acclimation, 117-121. 

 Adaptation 



and improvement of corn, 74. 



of sorghum to dry climate, 288. 

 Adjustment of corn plants, 178. 

 Air passages, 35. 

 Alkali resistance, 290. 

 Amber sorghum, 297. 

 Andropogon halepensis, 279. 

 Animal and insect pests of corn, 214— 

 221. 



Biological origin, 16. 

 Biotypes, 109. 

 Breads, 252. 

 Breeding 



close, narrow, broad, 102. 

 Breeding plants, 94. 



how to conduct, 95. 



notes, 97. 



selection of ears, 96. 

 Broom corn, 331-340. 



classification, 282. 



Carbon, in composition, 47. 

 Chinch bugs, 218. 

 Chinese maize, 24. 

 Classification 



corn, 15, 20. 



by groups, 20-24. 



broom corn, 282. 



sorghum, sweet, 281. 



sorghum, non-saccharine, 282, 

 Climatic factors. 



in growth of corn, 58-67. 



in growth of sorghum, 288. 

 Composition of corn, 42. 



as affected by the rote planting, 

 183. 



of parts of plant, 184, 226. 



as affected by time of cutting, 225. 



Composition of sorghums, 324. 

 Corn 



binder, 234. 



cost of production, 247. 



crossing biotjrpes. 111. 

 varieties. 111. 



shows, 253. 

 Corn crop, mineral requirements of, 



135. 

 Coyote corn, 20. 

 Crossing sorghums, 287. 



corn, 111. 

 Crows, 214. 

 Cultivation 



depth and frequency, 209. 



methods compared, 206. 



principles of, 197. 



tools for, 198. 

 Cultivators 



for listed corn, 202. 



two-row, 200. 

 Cultural methods, 158-275. 

 Cutworms, 215. 



Dent corn, 22. 

 Description 



corn plant, 26. 



sorghum plant, 283. 

 Development of varieties, 78. 

 Diseases of corn, 220. 

 Disk harrow, 167. 

 Dominant characters, 105. 

 Drainage, 157. 

 Drought resistance, 286. 

 Drying corn for shipment, 246. 

 Durra, 299, 310. 



classification, 282. 



Ear 



origin, 37. 



proportion of plant, 228. 



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