Later in the season, as the corn was taken from these bins, the sides would have been removed piecemeal to keep progress with the diminishing hoard.

When the time of planting should be near, the whole structure but the floor and upright poles would have disappeared.
Next to maize the chief culture among the Otomis is _maguey_.

This forms division lines between the corn-fields and the village yards, and is sometimes, though not commonly here, planted in fields.

The _maguey_ is an agave very close to the century-plant.

Manifold are its uses, but to the Otomi its value is chiefly in two directions.