'ood for as |t has exceptional foraging powers, and will find nourish- 



Plants ment where many grain crops will starve. As soon as the 



Ioa plants are well above ground, apply a top-dressing of 100 



pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre, both on strong and light 



soils. Use one bushel of seed per acre on thin soils, but a 



heavier application on richer soils. 



Corn. 



This crop is specially adapted for making use of rough- 

 age of all sorts. It has a long season of growth 

 and makes its heaviest demand for food late in 

 the season when the conditions are such that soil 

 Nitration is at its highest period of development. 

 It is also a deep rooting crop and capable of 

 drawing its food and water from great depths. 

 It needs vast quantities of water, and the tillage 

 must be very thorough that an even earth mulch 

 may be practically continuous. In the early 

 spring it frequently starts off slowly, and on this 

 account should have some help in the form of 

 hill applications of highly available plant food. 



Sweet corn is quite a different crop from 

 field corn; it has a much shorter period of 

 growth and should be fertilized much more 

 heavily. The object in this case is not a matured grain, and 

 Nitrate of Soda should be used very liberally in the shape of 

 top-dressings. 



Formula for top-dressing Corn: 



Nitrate of Soda 



200 Ibs. 



Fertilization and Cultivation of 



Corn. 



Bulletin of North Carolina Department of Agriculture. 



By DR. B. W. KILGORE, Raleigh, N. C. 



Culture, 



It unquestionably pays well to thor- 

 oughly break and broadcast harrow land 

 for corn. Using a two-horse plow and running it 8 to 10 

 inches deep, and afterwards harrowing with large smoothing 



