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year it is better to plant uplands very early or at a medium 

 date. The general belief inclines to the advantage of 

 the very early planting of uplands, or as soon as danger 

 of killing frost -is past. However, success is sometimes 

 made by planting at almost any date between the last 

 killing frost and the first of June. 



Incidental considerations sometimes govern the date of planting. 

 For example, on land that is especially 

 liable to the injury of young corn plants 

 by the small budworm (see Par. 189), it is 

 regarded as advantageous either to plant 

 very early, or still better, to postpone 

 planting until about the first of May. 

 The common idea in postponing plant- 

 ing is that the soil becomes so warm as 

 to discourage the insects. Probably a 

 truer explanation is found in the more 

 rapid growth of the late-planted corn, 

 which sooner grows beyond the stage in 

 which it is attacked by the budworm. 



Early planting has a tendency to pro- 

 duce a smaller stalk than late planting, a 

 desirable result. Corn planted early re- 

 quires a greater number of cultivations. 



Late planting, while making a very 

 tall stalk, reduces the injury from weevil 

 by reason of the late date of maturity. 

 Late-planted corn, if harvested before 



becoming thoroughly dry, requires more JT IG> 4. HAND CORN 



ventilation of the cribs than is generally PLANTER, FOR Re- 

 necessary with early-planted corn. PLANTING. 



159. Replanting. This is generally done by dropping 

 the seed by hand and covering with a hoe. This involves 

 many unnecessary motions and much waste of time. An 



