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INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 



the corn plant that is especially nourishing. 

 Then, inside of these tubes, minute bodies 

 termed spores (seeds) develop, and finally the 

 spot becomes a mass of these, and then all of 



no. 56.— COBN Smut breaking ont on tbe ear. (After Tulasne.) 



the little plants excepting the spores wither 

 away. The dark-colored, loose smut, is mostly 

 the mass of spores, of which there are countless 

 numbers. A single cubic inch of them would 

 contain over fifteen billions. The top of a pin- 



