INDEX 



American Agriculturist contest 349 



Antiquity of plant 2 



Argentina: 



Crop of 336 



Corn acreage in 338 



Exports from 339 



Austria-Hungary, crop of 333 



Binder, use of 152 



Bisulphid of carbon 273, 275 



Botany and varieties — Chapter 



II 5-36 



Bran, how obtained , 191 



Breeding: 



Advantages of .'. 55 



Barren stalks in plat 64 



Field 61 



Methods of 57 



Plats, arrangement of 62 



Selection of variety in 58 



Breeding and selection of seed 



corn — Chapter IV 55-69 



Butt, grades of 79 



By-products, composition of — 191 



Carbon bisulphid 273,275 



Characteristics: 



Fixed by selection 10 



Physical 11 



Chloride of lime 248 



Circumference of ear, meas- 

 uring 79 



Clover: 



As a soil fertilizer 40 



Plowing sod for corn 46 



Securing a stand 42 



Seeding for fertilizing 41 



Seeding with nurse crops 41 



Seeding during last cultiva- 

 tion 44 



Seeding alone 46 



Cob, proportion of corn to ... . 82 



Color, grades of 77 



Commercial products of corn . . 312 

 Compounds, at various stages.. 144 

 Co-operative storing and selling 239 



Corn judging— Chapter V 70-82 



Corn pests and diseases — Chap- 

 ter XIV 241-288 



Cornstalks in mechanic arts.... 316 

 Cost of growing corn — Chapter 



XV -. 289-311 



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Cost of production: 

 American Agriculturist esti- 

 mate 297, 310 



Difficult to estimate 289 



Explanation of term 298 



Illinois investigation 291 



Nebraska farm estimate 296 



Sibley estate estimate 295 



Unreliable official estimate... 290 

 Wisconsin investigation .... 293 



Crops : 



Classification of iox 



Corn a restorative 344 



Requirements of 343 



Of the world 359 



Of the United States 363 



Comparison eastern, southern, 

 western 355 



Cribs: 



Double 1 59 



Most suitable 159 



Cultivation : 



Alternating method 167 



Cost of 308 



Dunton system 165 



Early methods of, in America 4 



Object of 178 



Reasons for 119 



Shallow 1 20 



Southern methods 163 



Culture outside the corn belt — 



Chapter XI 163-187 



Cutting and shocking 151 



Dent corn: 



Benton 31 



Boone County White 24 



Characteristics 13 



Development of 8 



Early Mastodon 30 



Golden Eagle 17 



Iowa Silver Mine 18 



Learning 22 



Pride of the North 31 



Reid's Yellow 15 



Riley's Favorite 19 



Varieties 12 



White Superior 20 



Digestion, summary of exper- 

 iments 144 



Ditching, to destroy insects. ... 261 



