32 Corn 



Collards should be cultivated continuously day by 

 day. Unless the ground is kept thoroughly broken 

 up the growth will be very slow and the result will 

 be tough, strong tasting greens. Particularly 

 when blanching, should there be plenty of mois- 

 ture and very frequent cultivation. 



CORN 



Sweet corn should be planted in rich soil and 

 should have thorough and frequent cultivation. 

 Four feet apart both ways is about the proper dis- 

 tance in order that the roots may be well nourished. 



Sugar corn should not be planted near field corn 

 if any of it is to be saved for seed. The wind and 

 the bees will carry pollen from one to the other, and 

 the result after the next year's planting will be a 

 great disappointment. 



Corn should be covered to about two inches when 

 planting the seed, and it should be planted in the 

 open ground as soon as the soil is warm in the 

 spring. 



Corn should be planted six grains in a hill and 

 after it has grown to three or four inches in height 

 thin out to three stalks. All weeds and suckers 



