SWEET CORN 



policy in spreading manure is to spread it 

 in a thin, even layer, breaking all lumps 

 and thoroughly mixing it with the soil in 

 the spading. 



PREPARING 



Spading. The home garden, as a general 

 rule, is spaded rather than plowed. The 



The home gardener out in the sweet corn patch 30 minutes before dinner. 



tools, then, to use are the common garden 

 spade or the spading fork. The general 

 tendency in spading is to carry on the work 

 somewhat similarly to plowing. Begin at 

 one corner of the garden, say the southeast 



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