TABLE OF CONTENTS V 



CHAPTER X 



Harvesting 140-162 



Best stages of development to observe — 

 Water and dry matter at different periods- 

 Cutting corn for fodder, and best time for this 

 work — Shocking and binding — Use of shred- 

 der — Husking standing corn — Cribs to use — 

 Shrinkage of ear corn. 



CHAPTER XI 

 Culture Outside the Corn Belt .... 163-187 

 Methods followed in the south and east— The 

 Dunton system — The double row or alternating 

 method — New and old ways of harvesting in the 

 south — One acre yields 255 bushels — Culture in 

 eastern and New England states — Returning 

 favor for field corn: — Culture under irrigation — 

 Proper time for flooding — Frequency of ap- 

 plication — Amount of water to apply. 



CHAPTER XII 



Feeding 188-223 



Chemical composition in com — Digestible 

 nutrients — Corn the best single stock food — 

 List of foods rich in protein — Foodstuffs for 

 balancing corn — Feeding dairy cows and grow- 

 ing steers — Corn as a feed for swine and 

 horses — In fattening poultry — Feeding value of 

 corn stover — Experiments in fattening steers. 



CHAPTER XIII 



Marketing • . . 224-240 



The splendid home demand — Methods of dis- 

 tribution in vogue — The line elevator system — 

 Sale of com on 'change — Speculative grain 

 trade — Non-farm consumption — Foreign outlet 

 — The best buyers of American corn — Country 

 elevator system — Co-operative storing Ind 

 handling — Inspection and grades. 



CHAPTER XIV 

 Corn Pests and Diseases ... . 241-288 



A myriad of insect pests— The most vulner- 

 able portions of the com plan — Wireworms 

 injure seed in the ground — Methods of combat- 

 ing— Injury by white grub — Cutworms attack 

 stalks and leaves— Can be held in check by 

 poisons — Arresting the march of the army 

 worm— Approved methods of controlling chinch 

 bug — Pests in bin and granary. 



