Excerpt from Corn Book for Young FolkIf a young farmer can be led to acquire skill in growing one crop, he will unquestionably apply the principles that brought success in the one crop to all his other crops. The authors of this book, there fore, think it best not to confuse the mind of a beginner by a discussion of all the standard crops, . But rather to teach th'e'general principles of crop growing through their application to a specific crop. The fundamental principles, like seed selection, the preparation of a seed bed, tillage, rotation of crops, and control of moisture, are practically the same for all crops. The unessential differences, like methods of planting or harvesting, are easily acquired. Corn was selected because it is almost universally grown in our country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.