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The number of cultivations of this late kind 

 must depend on the soil and climatic conditions; 

 not infrequently however, one or two is ample. 



The same importance attaches to later cultiva- 

 tion of listed corn.as that given for check row corn. 

 Later cultivation cannot be detrimental except 

 that roots are destroyed. In the growing of corn 

 for ensilage, the same careful and persistent pre- 

 paration and cultivation will always pay, as it will 

 mean more growth in fodder and more corn on 

 the stalk for the silo. 



CHAPTER V 

 NEW PROBLEMS IN CORN CULTURE 



Tradition has closed our eyes to a great many 

 things that would make life sweeter and business 

 better. It has gotten us into deep and long 

 trodden ruts, and corn planting time in most sec- 

 tions, is apparently one. Our father and his 

 father planted their corn about May first to May 

 tenth. We have been doing the same without a 

 thought that under certain specific conditions it 

 might be better to plant June first to June tenth. 



In theory it would take a month later in the 

 fall to mature the corn should we delay a month 

 in the spring from the old fixed manner and the 

 time of planting. But theory does not always 

 work out the correct conclusions. 



We have directed a number of practical ex- 

 periments in recent seasons, in the semi-humid 



