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be very marked, while in the more drouthy 

 seasons, it will be a happy surprise to all who have 

 not seen it worked out. 



Much stress must be put upon the question of 

 early disking and careful preparation. This will 

 materially aid in promoting early rapid growth. 



The delay of 2 to 4 weeks in planting should be 

 solely for the purpose of permitting a longer period 

 for tillage and that the soil may become sufficiently 

 warm to give quick germination and rapid early 

 growth. 



Corn that is stunted by the unfavorable 

 physical and a cool soil condition will never fully 

 recover by any amount of after good tillage. 



Good, early, careful preparation of the soil for 

 corn counts in wet years as well as in dry years. 



Careless and delayed preparation for corn means 

 a small or no crop at all in drouthy years. 



Corn was once king in Iowa; it can make 

 kings in much of the semi-humid section. 



CHAPTER VI 



TIME OF PLANTING 



We have already discussed the question of pro- 

 longing the preparatory period prior to planting 

 the average crop. This you can readily see means 

 planting the crop a little later, in some instances 

 two weeks and in other two months, depending on 

 the kind of crop. This seems almost ridiculous, 

 but go with us carefully through. It is not our 



