. Corn culture. Corn. CORN 21 The Plant. Although the averag-e person does not think of corn as be- longing to the same type of plants as oats and timothy, yet that is true. In the botanical world there are a great many families of plants. One of the largest of these families is the "grass" family, known as "; Into this family, corn, oats, wheat, barley, rye, blue grass, timothy, and many other of our common farm crops fall. These plants are characterized by their hollow stems, their fibrous root systems, their leaves with par- allel veins, and their seeds being b
. Corn culture. Corn. CORN 21 The Plant. Although the averag-e person does not think of corn as be- longing to the same type of plants as oats and timothy, yet that is true. In the botanical world there are a great many families of plants. One of the largest of these families is the "grass" family, known as "; Into this family, corn, oats, wheat, barley, rye, blue grass, timothy, and many other of our common farm crops fall. These plants are characterized by their hollow stems, their fibrous root systems, their leaves with par- allel veins, and their seeds being borne in small leaf-like struc- tures. Parts of Corn Plant and Their Uses. Root Starts.—Each one of the parts has a definite use. Be- fore giving those uses, it will be necessary to go into detail as to the general structure of the plant itself. As soon as moisture surrounds the kernel, the embryo, or germ, within the kernel, be- gins to swell and the root branch, or the radicle, breaks through the seed coat and begins its way into the soil. This radicle at its. Plate 4—Kernels Germinating Primary root indicated by r. In lower rigfht-hand drawing-, some adventi- tious roots are showing.—Paminel, Grasses of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Potter, Harry B. Fort Wayne, Ind. , Correspondence Coll. of Agric.
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