INDEX. 



Acknowledgements, 237. 

 Acres corn in UniteAStates. 206, 207. 

 Adaptability of varieties. 40. 

 Alabama, varieties for. 40. 

 Angoumis grain motli, 143. 

 Anthers, 16. 



Aphis maidis. Forbes, 127. 

 Arkansas, varieties for, 41. 

 Artificial fertilizers, 61. 

 Average yield in bushels per acre, 

 210. 



Bacterial disease, 151. 



Bill bugs, corn, 138. 



BUssus leucopterus, Say, 134. 



Borer, stalk, 134. 



Botanical characteristics, 12. 



Botanical races, 17. 



Buffalo gluten feed, 180. 



Bug, chinch, 134. 



Bugs, corn bill, 138. 



Butt, center and tip kernels, relative 



value of, 48, 52. 

 By-products, composition of, 156. 



constituents in, 183. 



of the corn plant for feed, 179. 



Caldwell on gluten meal, 181. 

 Canada, varieties for, 46. 

 Canning, variety for, 37. 

 Capacity of sUo, 196. 

 Carbohydrates, 161. 

 Carbonaceous food, corn a, 165. 

 Center and tip kernels, relative 



value of butt, 48, 52. 

 Characteristics, botanical, 12. 

 Chemical compoBitiou and digesti- 



bUity, 158. 

 Chicago gluten meal, 180. 

 Chinch bug, 134. 

 Chop, hominy, 180. 

 Cob-and-corn meal vs. corn-meal, 



178. 

 Colorado, varieties for, 41. 

 Composition and digestibility, chem- 

 ical, 154. 



of by-products, 156. 



of grain, 154. 



of green corn, 156. 



of mill products, 155. 

 Constituents, fertilizing, 159. 



in by-products, 183. 



of foods, let 



Corn-and-cob meal vs. corn-meal,178. 

 Corn bill bugs, 138. 



for silage, 200. 



hearts, 183. 



horse, 108. 



palaces, 230. 



worm, 140. 

 Corneous matter, 18. 

 Cost of growing a crop, 216. 

 Cost of silage, 203. 

 Cost of sUo, 199. 

 Cotton seed for manure, 67, 

 Covering silage, 203. 

 Cow, ration for dairy, 165. 

 Cream gluten, 180. 

 Crib, measuring corn in the, 229. 

 Crop, cost of growing a, 216. 



of the world, 211. 



value of corn, 160. 

 Crops for soiling, 185. 



rotation of, 121. 

 Cross fertilization, 223. 

 Culm, 14. 

 Cultivation, depth of, 78. 



frequency of i 76. 

 Cultivating, 73. 

 Cutting for silage, 101. 



in soiling, early, 190. 



methods of, 102. 



time for, 99. 

 Cut worms, 130. 



Dairy cow, ration for, 165. 



Days required to mature varieties, 



number, 233. 

 Dent corn, 18, 21. 

 Depth of cultivation, 78. 



of planting, 92. 

 Detasseling, 213. 

 Diabrotica longicornis. Say, 128. 

 Digestible constituents in by-prod- 

 ucts, 183. 



matter in different parts, 158. 

 Digestibility, 157. 



chemical composition and, 154. 

 Disease, bacterial, 151. 

 Diseases, 147. 

 Distance apart of planting, rate or, 



8fi 

 Drills VS. hms, 89. 



Ear, insects a£Eecting the, 140. 

 type of, 48, 54. 



