CORN 



Sweet Com is used as a fresh vegetable it is often cooked 

 and served on the cob. In preparing it for canning or 

 drying, it is always cut from the cob. Dried Sweet Corn, 

 though never an article of commerce, was formerly much 

 used, especially by the rural population. It is gradually 

 being abandoned for canned Corn, for other cereal prep- 

 arations, or for other vegetables. It is practically un- 

 known as human food outside North America. 



Canned Sweet Corn has come to be an important 

 article of domestic commerce in the United States and 

 Canada. A considerable amount frm.s to Ala><kn. )>ut at 



dozen -J-pouiHl tins. N.w York 

 on <■( l,H(i,.3(lil cases. Maine, 



in r,ink in the order named. 

 ].:e k .'^n per cent of the Corn 

 ■ I'nited states and Canada. 

 not strictly accurate, they are 



i^ive a general idea of the ex- 

 liis industry. No better canned 

 ■t than that produced in Maine, 

 n in localities having a season 



CORN 



375 



for the canneries un- 

 ny supplies the seed, 

 true to name. The 

 number of acres and 



As anil.'.S' 

 der contrail t. 

 guaranteeiuj; 

 farmer agrees 

 deliver the whole crop to the cannery at a stipulated 

 price. The price now paid in western New York is 

 about $10 per ton of good ears, after deducting the as- 

 certained average percentage of husks and reiectedears. 

 Three tons per acre of good ears is onsideied a good 

 yield The ears are snapped from the stalks with the 

 husks on n 1 1 i il 1 1 1 1 p wi„ n 1 o\e t the can 

 nenes Tl t 11 1 i 1 1 i lige 



or as St I 1 I I I 1 d 



inferi II I Iks 



and m Ilk 



The sto 1 1 1 1 I I i 1 to 



heat or n 11 \ hen I Ij 1 1 1 e 1 in HioC ta ks or 

 bays 



As a field ciop Corn is grown most extensively on 

 medium heavy loams It luxuiiates in rich warm soils 

 The crop rotation should be planned so as to use the 

 coarse manures with the Corn, which is a gross feeder. 

 On the more fertile lands of the central plain, nitroge- 

 nous manures may not always be used to advantage 

 with Corn, but in the eastern and southern states, where 

 the soil has lost more of its original fertility, stable 

 manure may often be used profitably with this crop at 

 the rate of from 8 to 10 cords per acre, or possibly more. 



PZorciHf;, -Ti. tin- tvM-theni part of fl,e Corn l..-lt in 

 the centri'i :'-l "--'. — i -l:,frs. tlml is to ^:n' noi-th of 

 the Ohio ;, . M - : ,. r<. .|.-|. f.ill ]i|o,i,nL- of Corn 



land is -. . ' . '<■. .\. I.ut m .vponmonis at the 



Illinois :u:.l |.,.;,:ii::i - X j., • linient stMllons, tin- liepth of 



plowing linslnnl little influence on the crop. In sections 

 of the eastern states, shallow plowing late in spring is 

 favored, especially if the land be in sod. In warmer, 

 drier regions, as in parts of Nebraska and Kansas, list- 

 ing has been niin-li jn-aeticed on stubble ground. The 

 listing jilow. inivinu a doulile mold-board, throws the 

 soil into alt( i-niite inrj-owsand ridges, the furrows being 

 S or 9 iii.-hes <le.-iiei- than the tops of the ridges. The 

 Corn is planted in the bott..in of tlie furrow, either by 



lOf 1 



-horse Corn 



ment to the lister plow, c-on-i-i inu ot a sniisoil ])luw, 

 through the hollow leg of whe-h tie- i oi n is clro],|.ed. 



Great care should be used to seeni-e s l-(-orii liaving 



high vitality as a precaution against the rotting of the 

 seed in the soil should the season be cold and wet after 

 planting. Select ears for seed as soon as the Corn is 

 well ripened. Dry them at once by artificial heat so that 

 the seed may better withstand unfavorable conditions 

 of temperature or moisture. In many localities so-called 

 kiln-dried seed Is much in favor. In selecting seed for 

 a field crop, seek systematically for stalks having little 

 or no growth of stools and bearing single large ears. 

 For garden use, seed from more productive stalks is de- 

 sirable, even though the ears be smaller. 



In the north, Sweet Corn should be planted as early as 



can be done without involving great risk of loss from 

 frosts or from rotting of seed in the soil. In New York, 

 field-planting is generally done from May 10 to May 20; 

 in central Minnesota from May 10 to May 30. The 

 ground having been plowed and prepared so as to make 

 a seed-bed of fine, loose soil 3 inches deep, the seed 

 should be planted to a depth of from 1 to 3 inches. The 

 drier and looser the soil the greater should be the depth 

 of planting. In planting small fields, the ground may 

 be marked in check rows so that the hills planted at the 

 intersection of the rows will stand about 3!^ feet apart 

 each way, and the Corn planted by a hand-planter, 



552. Early Marblehead Sweet Corn. 



which drops the desired number of kernels each time it 

 is thrust into the ground. For large fields, the check- 

 row type of planter may be used. These planters drop 

 and cover the seed in hills at uniform distances apart, 

 planting two rows at one trip across the field. Field 

 Corn is often planted in drills by machines adapted to 

 this purpose but Sweet Coin ho 1 1 1 e grown under m 

 tensive culture an 1 sho il 1 1 e n h 11 o that the sur 

 face of the gro m 1 n av 1 e kej t 1 e and ent relj free 

 from weeds 

 Till for th I I t 1 e a well 



as to kill w 1 II 



pulverizmf tl 1 



a mulch a 1 t I tl | 



Begin t lla-'e a tl e i 



slanting to th harrow and B 



plement t II the Corn is t 



spr ng tooth It t 



type 1 V 111 



prefeial 1 



usel Tl 



earth t w I 



centei of th 



shoul 1 cov all th i 



T 11 at interval t I 

 tivator may r in f 1 



inches ieep in 1 v 1 

 cult vat oi 1 1 1 11 



the lows tl 111 



Con ai 1 c 1 1 ' 



cult vator nil] I 



It should lea e tl e 1 ] 1 

 2 to i inches o ei the ent re 1 

 tion maj 1 e deepei e 1 f jiec( 

 though s I e C r i ot are 

 roots 1 y dee] 1 I 



pecially av 1 I I II 1 

 large as to i 1 



casionally 1 I 



may be ne e t I 



hard and 

 past irage 



At fiist thecul 

 r the plant to 4 



tl e Corn 

 lei tli of from 

 e ilier cult va 

 ill weeds even 



but 



the 



to 1 e es 



the 



he Corn get so 

 ultivator Oc 

 1 or e cult -s ator 

 the surface soil 

 h crops for late 



co-(ei ciops r \ t nter wneat or rye 

 in the cornflel 1 a 1 It vate 1 m with the 

 last cultivat oi The see 1 co ere 1 deeply by culti 

 vat ng it n I ecau e the weather i pt to be dry at this 

 perio 1 Tl e 1 wer part of the turro ^ slice is thus left 

 con pa t f ri h ng a compact see 1 bed m which small 

 grains delight. 



The cultivation of Sweet Corn in the garden should 

 follow the general lines advocated for field culture, but 

 stable manure and commercial fertilizers may be used 

 more liberally. It is well to put a small amount of a com- 



