This site is the complete 1913 book Pop Corn for the Home, page by page as originally printed — period spelling, remedies and opinions included. About this edition →
What the Bulletin Covers
Fourteen pages, written in earnest, about popcorn.
- Introduction1 section
- The Home Plat1 section
- Choice of a Variety1 section
- Planting Pop Corn1 section
- Care of the Growing Crop1 section
- Harvesting and Storing Pop Corn1 section
- Hand Poppers1 section
- How to Pop Corn1 section
- Home Uses1 section
Highlights
Hand Poppers
In figure 8 are shown types of hand poppers. A popper like No. 1 can be used for popping corn in butter and lard. A common…
Care of the Growing Crop
Grass and weeds should be kept down as much as possible while the corn is making its early growth, and the soil should be kept…
Planting Pop Corn
In order to succeed best with pop corn for home use it should not be left until the field and truck crops have been planted, but…
Introduction
Among the things that add pleasure to country life, pop corn should be given a prominent place. For affording a pleasant and…
Harvesting and Storing Pop Corn
The ears should be husked from the standing stalk and should be spread out in a well-ventilated place to dry and cure. The ears…
Home Uses
Pop corn is usually popped to be eaten at once, or it may be made into pop-corn balls, crackajack, or other forms of pop-corn…