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(and most other flint varieties) grow up a number of 

 shoots. For Central Ontario larger and heavier 

 yielding varieties may be grown, viz.: Wisconsin 

 No. 7 White Dent, Leaming, and White Cap 

 Yellow Dent. These, being dent varieties, do not 

 throw up any shoots. Under favorable circum- 

 stances they will yield from 15 to 20 tons per acre. 

 One-fifth of the weight will be ears, while the bulk 

 yield of the flint varieties named is rather less in 

 the total than the dent varieties. The proportion 

 of ears is about the same. For cutting and feeding 

 green the sweet varieties are considered preferable. 



67. HAND CORN PLANTER. 



Mammoth Sweet is one of the heaviest yielders and 

 is of fair quality. 

 Sowing and There are several methods of sowing or planting 



Corn. corn, each of which has advantages under certain 



conditions. If the land has not been thoroughly 

 cleaned of weeds and weed seeds the previous fall 

 it is advisable to plant in hills, so that the land can 

 be cultivated both ways. This can be done by the 

 use of a corn marker, marking both ways. Drop 

 four or five kernels in each cross, either by hand 

 or with a hand planter. See III. 6j, The American 

 check row planter is expensive, but does the work 

 most satisfactorily. When planting in hills forty 



