How to Obtain a Good Stand of Corn 



A perfect stand of corn is that which produces the 

 greatest possible yield. This is affected by the number 

 of stalks and their arrangement on the surface of the 

 soil. 



Of course, a perfect stand for one soil might be only 

 half a stand for another, while a perfect stand for a 

 wet season might be too thick a stand for the same soil 

 in a dry season. 



However, no absolute rules can be laid down which 

 will enable the corn grower to decide how far apart he 

 shall make his rows, or how thick the stalks or hills shall 

 stand in the row. 



No one can foretell what the season will be. The 

 number of square feet of soil required to support a hill 

 or stalk of corn varies with the soil fertility, cultivation, 

 rainfall, and other seasonal or climatic conditions, the 

 variety of corn, and many other factors. 



While it is probably impossible to secure a perfectly 

 even distribution of stalks or hills, recent experiments 

 and experience combine to indicate that each stalk or hill 

 should stand as nearly as possible in the center of a square 

 of soil from which it draws its food. 



The size of this square will, of course, be determined 

 by the distance between stalks in the row and between 

 rows. 



What this distance should be under the conditions ex- 

 isting in the different corn-growing States may be sug- 

 gested, if not finally determined, by the tests carried on 

 in the different States. 



At the Nebraska Station, corn grown in hills 44 inches 



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