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ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 
beginning, with later varieties to follow. This method 
practically eliminates the expense of harvesting the 
crop. 
If the grain is to be used for other feeding than in 
the field, the corn is either snapped or husked. The 
snapped corn has enough of the husk to prevent the 
attacks of weevil and to protect the grain. Corn stored 
in cribs will be better if not husked. 
Marketing corn is best accomplished by feeding the 
corn to growing livestock and driving it to market on 
Fig. 161.—Marketing grain on the hoof. 
the hoof. A well known authority has remarked that 
“the best sack for corn is a pigskin or a cowhide.” If 
we are selling the grain, it is well to watch the price 
quoted in market reports of the newspapers. The object 
should be to sell when the price is highest. 
QUESTIONS 
1. Name the varieties of corn produced in your community. 
2. Find out the planting dates for corn near your school. 
3. What kinds of soils produce the best corn? What was the 
largest yield of corn near your home last year? 
4. What are the advantages of planting corn flat, in furrows, 
on ridges? 
