Indian Corn


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The Origin of Indian Corn and Its Relatives


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Botanical relationships of maize; Previous evidence on the origin of maize; Previous theories on the origin of maize; New evidence from cytogenetic studies; The origin of teosinte; The origin of maize; The origin of tripsacum; Theoretical phylogeny of the american maydeae; Relationship of the american maydeae to the antropogoneae; Maize in relation to culture and civilization.







History and Incidents of Indian Corn, and Its Culture


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Excerpt from History and Incidents of Indian Corn, and Its Culture: Including Statistical, Analytical and Other Tables; Also, Illustrations and Diagrams The U. S. Agricultural Department estimates of the Maize product have been brought up in the tables to 1875. The crop has been abundant in the two succeeding years. That of 1877 has been estimated at thirteen hundred and ten millions of bushels; the number of swine for the same year Kan' as is credited with the heaviest yield per acre. Forty-three and one-half bushels, New Hampshire being second. The Special Report for June, 1878. S eaks of the condition of this crop as favorable in the South, less so in the Nort and West a warm April inducing early planting, and consequent injury from the succeed ing cool and wet season. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Some Notes on the History, Varieties and Statistics of Indian Corn


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History of Indian Corn


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