Excerpt from History and Incidents of Indian Corn, and Its Culture: Including Statistical, Analytical and Other Tables; Also, Illustrations and Diagrams Comparative Value of Maize as Food Results of Analysis 16 Analysis of Maize and Wheat 13 Analysis of Indian Corn, Wheat, Rye, Oats, Buckwheat, Peas, Rice, Cabbage. 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.

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