PLANTING. 83 
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PLANTING. 
In planting a seed numerous factors must be 
considered as having an important bearing on 
the quality and quantity of the crop. These 
factors will be considered under the following 
headings: 
Time of planting. 
Rate or distance apart of planting. 
Drills vs. hills. 
Depth of planting. 
Listing. 
Time of planting.— Necessarily two impor- 
tant conditions influence the date of planting 
corn, viz.: geographical location and tempera- 
ture of soil. Brewer says* that the most com- 
mon rule ohserved as to time of planting is 
that derived from the Indians on the settle- 
ment of New England and the Middle States, 
to “plant corn when the leaves of the white 
oak are as big as a squirrel’s foot,” or as 
another saying states it, “as big as a squirrel’s 
*Tenth Census. Report on the Productions of Agricul: 
ture, Washington, 1883, p. 98. 
