"Rural School Leaflet. 10S3 



necessary to eat several hundred cabbages in order to get enough paris 

 green to cause any serious trouble. In addition to this, the head ol 

 the cabbage is formed beneath the leaves that would receive the paris 

 green and be contaminated by it. 



Squash bugs should be picked off by hand. This is the only method 

 that brings success. The eggs are on the under side of the leaves in 

 masses resembling in general appearance the eggs of the potato- beetle, 

 particularly in color. As a rule, when the bugs are young they will 

 be found in groups on a leaf. Such leaves should be broken off and 

 burned. The squash bug is a sucking insect and since it is found on 

 the underside of the leaf it is not practicable to apply an insecticide. 



HOW TO GROW CORN 

 E. R. Minns 



Preparation. — Select some good ears of a variety of corn that is known 

 to produce a large crop of ripe corn in your neighborhood. A few 

 kernels from each ear of seed corn should be tested to make sure that 

 they will sprout vigorously. 



The soil on which to grow a prize-winning crop of corn should be 

 chosen from the most fertile part of the farm if possible. Sod land 

 which grew a crop of clover last year, and which has had a coat of barn- 

 yard manure scattered on it during the winter or early spring, is an 

 ideal place to plant corn. It should be carefvilly plowed early in the 

 spring and harrowed several times before the date for planting arrives, 

 to make the first three inches of soil fine and level. 



Planting. — It will not be best to plant corn before the weather is 

 warm enough for boys to go barefooted every day and all day long, 

 for corn needs warmth in the soil and air. We expect such weather 

 as corn needs some time in the month of May or early June. 



Make furrows across the corn plat in its longest direction if that will 

 not hinder the work of cultivation. Three and a half feet between 

 furrows will be wide enough. If a furrow marker drawn by horses or 

 pushed by hand can be used, it will save time. Furrows may be made 

 by stretching a stout string between two stakes placed at opposite 

 ends of the plat and drawing a hoe beside it through the soil, so that the 

 corner of the hoe makes the bottom of the furrow. The stakes have 

 to be reset for each furrow. 



Plant the corn in hills, five kernels in each hill. Make the hills three 

 and a half feet apart in the row for large-growing varieties, a less distance 

 apart for small varieties, especially sweet corn and popcorn. Cover 



