SWEET CORN 



be attacked in two ways: First, by the 

 use of tillage implements, the primary 

 purpose of which is their eradication; and, 

 second, by adopting cropping systems 

 having that object in view. 



This summary of facts as obtained 

 through these experiments is indeed startling 

 to the average individual — that the most 

 important factor in the growing of corn is 

 the eradication of weeds, stopping the com- 

 petition between weeds and the growing 

 crop. However, as general advice, I think 

 that the average farmer should still continue 

 to cultivate. A system which has been 

 carried on since the earliest introduction 

 of cultivated plants by man seems to be 

 too strong to combat by a nine-year test. 

 In a few years more it may be demonstrated 

 that what has been found in these nine 

 years is not absolutely true. 



SUCKERING 



It seems to be necessary for the best 

 development of sweet corn under intense 

 commercial systems of culture to remove 



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