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so large a yield as 240 bushels of ears has been 

 produced on a single acre; and this was in the 

 Eastern States, where so our Western neigh- 

 bours claim we have no good land. This is, 

 of course, only a single instance, and the large 

 crop was obtained by exceptionally careful culture. 



In the Middle States, or in Southern localities, 

 it is well to get Northern-grown seed, which, if 

 carefully selected, is sure to be earlier. Within 

 the past few years some marked improvements 

 have been made in varieties of field corn, which 

 will, no doubt, prove permanent acquisitions; 

 but farmers should not put too much confidence in 

 novelties. 



Sweet Corn, also unless when grown ex- 

 pressly for extra early marketing is too little 

 profitable for a garden crop, and in fact is very 

 little grown by gardeners. The principal sort 

 raised in this vicinity is the Extra Early Crosby 

 that being the earliest of all. A strong, sandy 

 loam is its favourite soil. It should be planted, 

 for the early crop, about the first of May. Sow 

 in rows four feet apart, and hills three or four 

 feet apart in the row, according to the condition 

 of the soil. It is usually manured in the hill 



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