978 Rural School Leaflet. 



As soon as the corn becomes about an inch or two high, a good thing 

 to do is to run a weeder over it so as to stir up the soil and kill the 

 sprouting weeds that lie near the surface. 



About a week or so after the corn plant comes in sight it is time to 

 commence cultivating; a wheel cultivator with blades is a good thing 

 to stir the soil between the rows so as to kill the weeds, and make the 

 soil fine on top so that it will hold the moisture. 



When the plants get to be about six inches high they should be thinned 

 so that the stalks average about twelve inches apart. 



After the corn grows larger and the roots spread out it must not be 

 cultivated too close to, nor too deep, we should hoe the weeds out from 

 between the stalks, but it should not be hoed when the ground is wet. 



When the corn is young it has many pests such as crows, pheasants, 

 hens, and at the foot of the stalks we find large white grubs which cut the 

 stalks ofif, and sometimes the frost catches it. 



When the lower leaves begin to die and the husks turn yellow it is time 

 to cut the corn, it can be cut either by hand or by harvesting machine. 



After it is cut it should be shocked up and tied so that it will cure, 

 if there is too much in one shock it will not dry so well. A few weeks 

 of cold weather will cure the corn so that it will be ready to husk ; when 

 it is husked, it should be put in a crib so that the air can get to it and 

 where the mice and rats cannot get it. 



" But the shield of the great Republic, 

 The glory of the West, 

 Shall bear a stalk of the tasseled corn — 

 The sun's supreme bequest !" 



The Cornell Potato Contest 



J. Stanley Morehouse Amenia First Prize 



Howard Crittenden Whitesville Second Prize 



Jay Field Laurens Third Prize 



Karl Carter Marathon Fourth Prize 



Seward Fitch Price Arcadia Fifth Prize 



Hanford M. Armstrong Lansing Sixth Prize 



L. D. Stanton Cohocton Seventh Prize 



Bert Paul Ellisburg Eighth Prize 



Ralph G. Gifford Northampton Ninth Prize 



Earl Collier Pultneyville Tenth Prize 



Hollis W. Johnson Northampton 



William S. Doig Andes 



Ray Weeks Afton 



George H. Wheeler •. . Carroll 



Hugh M. Hall Stockton 



Paul Green Nile 



Charles M. Mclntyre Sterling 



