PUBLISHERS' PREFACE 



^!i N announcing the names of those who have had a 

 ^1 part in writing this book, the publishers are sure 

 vi/ the work of these trained experts will at once 

 command the attention and confidence of readers. 

 This is the day of specialists — in medicine, in teaching, 

 in mechanic arts, in commerce and the varied industries. 

 So large a subject as the king of all American crops, 

 maize, requires equally thorough consideration in a 

 comprehensive work of this character. The authors, 

 therefore, have left their impress on the various chap- 

 ters of The Book of Corn, which are woven into a 

 compact whole, covering the various phases of history, 

 development, production and distribution. 



Prepared under the careful direction of Herbert 

 Myrick, president and editor of Orange Judd Company, 

 the authors include the following: 



A'. D. Shamel, in charge of corn work, Illinois 

 experiment station. 



Henry J. Waters, director Missouri experiment 

 station, and specialist in feeding live stock. 



Levi Stockbridge, ex-president Massachusetts 

 agricultural college. 



Albert W. Fulton, managing editor American 

 Agriculturist Weeklies. 



Edward B. Voorhees, director New Jersey experi- 

 ment station. 



Hugh N. Starnes, Georgia agricultural college. 



Clarence A. Shamel, associate editor Orange Judd 



