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INDEX 



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Shape: 



Grades of 76 



Of kernel 80 



Shocking, difference in south- 

 ern method 17 ' 



Shredder, use of 153 



Shrinkage of ear corn, exper- 

 iments in 160 



Sila<re : 



And field-cured fodder 218 



Ana roots 220 



Cost of putting up 137 



Covering 136 



Cutting 135 



Handling uncut 136 



Loading and hauling 134 



Silos, location, construction and 



filling — Chapter IX 124-139 



Silos : 



As preserver of feed . — 137 



Brick '. . . . 131 



Capacity of cylindrical 129 



Cement lining in 131 



Classes of 124 



Doors of 127 



Location 124 



Putting corn into 132 



Round 125 



Size of 127 



Stave '26 



Stone 131 



With studding 128 



Smut: 



Chemical composition of 286 



Controlling the disease 287 



Corn most affected by 284 



Effects upon animal life. . . . 286 



Extent of injury from 278 



Habits of 282 



Spores, production of 282 



Use as food 286 



Soft corns 8 



Soil: 



Bringing up worn out 178 



Food available in 93 



Influence on development... 60 



Preparation in breeding 61 



Sandy 93 



Typical 92 



Soiling, adaptability of corn to 222 

 Soil: 



Conservation of moisture 119 



Different types of 98 



Space between rows undesirable 81 

 Specialties in corn culture — 



Chapter XVII 318-330 



Starch, production of 234 



States growing surplus 224 



Steers, experiments in fattening 202 

 Stover : 

 Coarse valuable 2x2 



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Stover, compared with timothy 



211, 213 



Feeding with clover 214 



Feeding with hay 215 



Feeding with timothy and 



clover ' 216 



Feeding value of 212 



Increasing the value of 214 



Utilization of 209 



Weight of northern and 



southern 164 



Subsoiling, advantage of 88 



Supply, visible in United States 



and Canada 361 



Sweet corn : 



Best conditions for J 19 



For canneries 318 



For the family garden 322 



Harvesting 323 



Planting and cultivating. 320, 322 



Use of fodder 324 



Varieties of 326 



Taxation, influences cost 302 



Teams, cost of maintenance 300 



Teosinte, similarity to corn .... 2 



Tip, filling of 77 



Transportation, means of 226 



Uniformity: 



Of ears 77 



Of kernels 81 



United States, position in 



world's crop 332 



Use as food by Indians 4 



Value of corn, to increase 195 



Varieties: 



Develop rather than change.. 71 



Other general 36 



Standard of perfection 74 



Warehouses: 



Public grain 227 



Type of English 232 



Water and dry matter 142 



Weeders : 



Cultivator, ideal 123 



Cultivator, knife 123 



Disk ..." 122 



Harrow 122 



Weeds, effect on crop 120 



Weight maximum 147 



Wild plant, never identified... 2 

 Yield : 



At various stages 193 



How to grow heavy 176 



255 bushels to the acre 172 



Zea amylacea 8 



Zea amlyea-saccharata 8 



Zea everta 7 



Zea indurata 8 



Zea Mays, groups of 6 



Zea saccharata 8 



Zea tunicata 7 



