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for sowing it, and something upon the combination 

 of the seeds sown along with it. Sowing it broad- 

 cast, however, is to be deprecated, since some of the 

 seed will not be covered by the harrow. And if a 

 shower of rain should fall soon after the seed is 

 sown, much of it would be washed bare, thus increas- 

 ing the percentage of the seed that would perish 

 from exposure to -air and sun. And when the harrow 

 was run over the crop subsequent to the sprouting of 

 the corn, many of the young plants would be dis- 

 turbed in their growth, if not, indeed, killed outright. 

 Nevertheless, such harrowing may be done with 

 profit when a plentiful supply of seed has been sown. 

 The aim should be to plant the seed with the grain 

 drill deeply in loose-lying soils, as deeply as three 

 inches, and less deeply in heavier loam soils. 



When cowpeas or vetches are planted along 

 with the corn, the seed should first be mixed with 

 that of the corn. When rape is sown, it may be 

 broadcasted before the corn is sown. The drill tubes 

 are likely to give it sufficient covering when the corn 

 is being planted. Or it may be sown just when the 

 first blades of the corn appear, and covered with the 

 harrow. The first method is preferable where the 

 corn is to be given more than one harrowing. But 

 in such instances, the rape seed should be sown 

 thickly, to allow for the loss of plants that will result 

 from using the harrow. 



The amount of seed to sow will depend upon 

 the soil, upon the kind of corn, and upon the other 

 kinds of forage sown along with the corn. Soils low 

 in fertility should be given a thick seeding to increase 

 the sum total of the forage produced. Soils very 

 rich should also be sown very thickly, to produce 



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