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three years, just what is the proper amount of corn to plant 

 per acre on his own particular farm. 



REPLANTING CORN 



We doubt that it pays to replant corn when the stand 

 is as good as seventy per cent. Before replanting corn, sev- 

 eral things should be taken into consideration. The remain- 

 ing hills, provided clean culture is maintained, will yield 

 correspondingly better because they have more room for 

 fuller development than had the stand been perfect. This 

 partly makes up for the loss sustained by the missing hills. 

 If only the missing hills are replanted they will be shaded 

 by the taller surrounding stalks, which causes the replanted 

 hills to yield little or nothing. 



If the stand is so poor the field must be replanted, it is 

 best to single or double disc and replant the whole field 

 with the planter. This plan kills all weeds and usually 

 results in a perfect stand. Never replant corn between the 

 rows of the first planting. This careless method generally 

 results in weedy corn. Before discing up the first planting, 

 determine whether or not a replanted field will have a chance 

 to reach maturity with a normal season. When it is necessary 

 to replant, it is a good plan to plant an early maturing 

 variety if possible. 



Like all other corn growers, we have found it necessary 

 at times to replant some fields. In some cases, however, we 

 have replanted and in the fall after making a comparison 

 with a few rows left as a check, we found that the first 

 planting yielded more bushels per acre of sound corn than 

 the last planting. Mistakes like this incur a double loss: 

 First, there is a loss in yield, and secondly, there is loss in 

 time consumed, which is often the greater loss of the two. 



