Rural School Leaflet, 977 



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How to Grozv Com 



Norman L. Onderdonk 

 Seneca, N. Y. 



"Heap high the farmer's wintry hoard! 

 Heap high the golden corn ! 

 No richer gift has Autumn poured 

 From out her lavish horn !" 



A farmer who is anxious to produce a fine yield of corn should know 

 that good seed is a necessity. 



n he intends to plant from home-grown corn, the best time to secure 

 the seed is while the corn is maturing, the next best time is at husking 

 when he may easily choose well developed ears of good form from the 

 most productive plants. 



After this care, he will, as spring approaches, test. the seed for its; 

 germinating powers. 



The well drained field which was clover sod the year before, and now 

 receives a good coat of well rotted barnyard manure in the early spring, 

 makes a favorable place to grow corn. 



The lot should be well plowed as soon as the ground is fit, then before 

 planting it should be well worked several times with harrows — disc and 

 spring tooth. In this way a fine soft bed is ready for the embryos. 



The corn should not be planted until the soil and air becomes warm, 

 for corn likes warmth and will thrive well when the weather is warm. 



The time for planting corn is about the latter part of ]\lay or the first 

 of June. 



It should be planted tiie long way of the field, either in drills or in 

 hills, so that it can be cultivated easier. 



If it is planted in hills there should be about five kernels in a hill 

 and each hill should be about three and a half feet apart for large corn, 

 and three feet for small corn, such as pop corn. 



In drilling corn the kernels should be sown from five to six inches 

 apart with a covering of an inch and a half or two inches of soil. 



