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SWEET CORN CULTURE 



Varieties. The student who takes this project should se- 

 lect seed from the white variety Early Crosby, White Cob 

 Cory, White Evergreen, Country Gentleman and the yellow 

 variety, Golden Bantam. Only good seed from last year's 

 crop should be planted. 



Preparation of plot. For this project the student should 

 have at least one-tenth acre. Sweet corn will grow on any 

 good, rich, well-drained soil, but does best in deep, rich, 

 sandy loam well-fertilized with barnyard manure. The ma- 

 nure may be put on either in the fall or spring; it must be 

 well scattered and spaded or plowed under. -A handful of 

 wood ashes in each hill is a good fertilizer to apply. If 

 sweet corn, is planted in the home garden, the rows should 

 be on the north side where the corn will not shade the vege- 

 tables. It is unwise to plant two types of corn, as sweet and 

 field, or sweet and pop corn, in the same garden, as they will 

 become crossed by the wind and insects carrying the pollen. 

 The ground for this crop should be plowed early and deep, 

 and the soil thoroughly packed and mulched before planting. 



Planting". Sweet corn should not be planted until the soil 

 is dry and warm. A general rule is to plant when the apple 

 trees are in bloom. If planted in hills, the rows should be 

 thirty inches apart, and the hills two feet apart. Drop five 

 or six grains in a hill and cover them two inches deep. If 

 planting in drills, drop two or three grains every six inches 

 in the drill. As soon as the corn is well up it should be thinned 



