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for planting corn, all other tender plants may be safely 

 planted. 



EARLY FIELD CORK. These varieties will stand 

 thicker planting. Begin planting, say March 1st, and 

 this may be followed by others made at intervals of two 

 or three weeks until July 1st. 



Lay off rows five feet apart, drop the grains every five 

 to ten inches in the row ; when up, thin to ten to twenty 

 inches apart, or plant in checks, about three and one-half 

 feet each way, dropping a sufficient number of kernels to 

 secure a stand, say three to four in each check, or hill. 

 Thin to one stalk in a hill at the first working, unless 

 the soil is very rich, in which case two may be left in a 

 hill. 



SUGAR OR SWEET CORN is used altogether for roast- 

 ing ears, or eating in a green state, and for this purpose 

 is far superior to the hard, white or yellow field varieties. 



In planting, follow the directions given for the early 

 field varieties, observing that the earlier the variety the 

 thicker it may be planted. Bear in mind that corn may 

 be planted very much thicker in such- rich soils as the 

 Mississippi bottoms, and the rich prairies of the North- 

 west. 



Pop CORN. This is a small variety and is solely used 

 for popping. Being small it may be planted thickly. 



Lay off furrows two or three inches deep, in rich, well 

 prepared soil thirty to thirty-six inches apart, and drop 

 the corn four to six inches apart in the drill. Cover one 

 to two inches deep, and keep clean until tassels and silks 

 appear. 



ENSILAGE OR FODDER CORN. Any kind of large, 

 vigorous growing Indian corn may be planted for the silo, 

 or to be cured as fodder corn. Mark out in very rich or 

 well fertilized soil, some four feet apart and drill in the 

 seed quite thickly, averaging a kernel to every two inches. 



