INDEX 



367 



Irrigation, methods of 1S4 



Preparation of land 183 



Time of .183, 186 



Inspection, rules of 228 



Judging: 



Hints in 75 



Rules for 72 



Kernel, chemical composition of 189 

 Kerosene as an insect destroyer 255 

 Labor: 



Influences cost of growing... 299 



Statistical treatment of 304 



Leaf, characteristics of 6 



Leguminous crops: 



Alfalfa 51 



Cowpeas : 



In corn land 167 



Methods of cultivation 47 



Varieties of 47 



Soy beans: 



Methods of cultivation 50 



Varieties of 50 



Length of ear, measuring 80 



Listing: 



Cost of 306 



Success of 114 



Maize in other countries — 



Chapter XVIII 33^-340 



Manures, see Fertilizers. 

 Marketing — Chapter XIII ..224-240 



Marketing, methods of 225 



Markets : 



Home market the best 225 



Selling on 'change 229 



Speculative 230 



Maturity, influence upon feed 



value 141 



Mexico, crop of 334 



Milling, improvement of corn.. 313 

 Monoecious character of plant. 5 

 Movement ten years of United 



States crop 361 



New England: 



Culture in 174 



Early growth best in 176 



Flint varieties in 32 



Varieties adapted to 27, 32 



New uses of corn — Chapter 



XVI 312-317 



Nitrogen : 



Amount required 98 



Corn as a gatherer of 341 



Methods of obtaining 40 



Value as fertilizer 39 



Nurse crops: 



Harvesting 43 



Oats 41 



Eye 41 



Wheat 43 



Nutrients digestible 



Amount of 192, 362 



Oil, importance of corn 234 



Origin, present theories 1 



Paris green 260, 261 



Phosphoric acid, amount re- 

 quired 100 



Plant food: 



Elements necessary 37 



Forms of atmospheric 37 



Supplied through root svstem 38 



Tubercles, formation of 38 



Plant breeding, possibilities of. 10 

 Plant growth, conditions of.... 37 



Planter, use of 118 



Planting: 



Checkrow and drill systems;. 178 



Depth of in 



Labor required in 307 



Time of 1 1 1 



Planting and cultivating — Chap- 

 ter VIII 111-123 



Plowing: 



Condition of soil for 91 



Cost of 304 



Depth of 83 



Spring or fall 86 



Under stalks 89 



Pod corn 7 



Pollen, production of 5 



Pollenization, corn cross-pol- 

 linated 64 



Potash : 



Amount required 100 



Muriate of 248 



Value as fertilizer 40 



Popcorn: 



Cultivation of 328 



Marketing 329 



Varieties of 329 



Poultry, experiments in feed- 

 ing 208 



Preparing the seedbed — Chap- 

 ter VI 83-91 



Prices for thirty years at Chi- 

 cago 360 



Principles of corn growth and 



feeding — Chapter III 37-54 



Protein, experiment showing 



per cent of 29 



Pruning of roots 120 



Ripeness, determining 80 



Root, characteristics of 6 



Roumania, crop of 340 



Russia, crop of 339 



Score card: 



Example of 72. 



Uses of 71 



Seed corn:- 



Selection in field 67 



Shipping 68 



Storehouse for 66 



Distribution of 21 1 Selection, effect of \z 



