VI TABLE OF CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XV 



Cost of Growing Corn . . ... 289-311 



Exhaustive investigations recorded — Tabu- 

 lated records of 4000 acres— Items entering into 

 the cost — Deductions reached. 



CHAPTER XVI 



New Uses for Corn . 312-317 



Various classes of products — The corn mill- 

 ing industry — Glucose — Cornstalks in mechanic 

 arts. 



CHAPTER XVII 



Specialties in Corn Culture 318-330 



Sweet corn for canneries — Best conditions of 

 soil and climate — For the family garden — Cul- 

 tivation and harvest — Sweet corn fodder — 

 Standard varieties of sweet corn — Cultivation 

 of pop corn — Harvesting and marketing. 



CHAPTER XVIII 



Maize in Other Countries . . 331-340 



The crop of the world — Our chief competi- 

 tors — Corn culture in Europe and Argentina — 

 Slow expansion in area. 



Appendix .... 341-364 

 Tables showing crop and movement — Exports 

 from United States — Prices for a series of years 

 — Record crops in the American Agriculturist 

 contjst — Manurial value of feeding stuffs — 

 Average composition of maize. 



