SWEET CORN 



PLANTING 



"Sweet corn requires more attention than 

 field corn, both as regards earliness and 

 the proper development of each plant." 

 This reason causes seed to be planted in 

 quick soils and in hills rather than in long 

 drills. 



There are two methods used by com- 

 mercial growers of sweet corn in planting 

 their corn. The first method is by hand, 

 which is generally used by the market 

 gardeners. The reason is that they wish 

 to place their corn in quite straight rows 

 where the least attention as to hand cul- 

 ture needs be given; and another reason 

 is that they are under an intensive method, 

 and oftentimes the whole thing can be put 

 in quicker by hand than by machinery, as 

 they have a large amount of labor available. 



If a marker is used, and check-row 

 marking is given, at the intersection of the 

 mark, the operator could remove a small 

 amount of the earth w4th a hoe and place 

 there from six to eight seeds or even more 

 if the season was not far advanced. The 



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