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TIME TO PLANT. 



THE proper time to plant corn depends on circum- 

 stances so many and various, that no specific rule can 

 be laid down on the subject. It differs according to 

 the variety of grain planted, the character of the soil, 

 the climate, the season, etc. Between the extreme 

 northern and southern sections of the country, the 

 difference of time amounts to three or four months. 

 In some parts of Maine and Minnesota the usual sea- 

 son for planting is June ; while in Florida or Louisi- 

 ana it is usually March. Throughout the Middle 

 States and most of New England, the period consid- 

 ered safest, as a general rule, is the middle of May. 

 Yet such is the difference of seasons, that in some 

 years a crop planted during the last week in April, 

 and in other years the first week in June, would give 

 a better result than if planted at the middle of May, 

 showing a difference of more than a month m the 

 same latitude, produced by a difference of seasons. 



Thus it appears that the vicissitudes of the weather 

 in different years have a more disturbing effect on the 

 time for planting than any of the other causes. In 

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