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run, the question of applying plant -food is not 

 regional. 



Seeding and tillage 



Methods of seeding vary widely, although it is 

 recognized in all cases that the thickness of seed- 

 ing should be proportioned to the possible available 

 plant- food in the soil. On soils that are naturally 

 rich and supplemented with the fertility constit- 

 uents in available forms, thicker seeding may be 

 made than when conditions are not so good in 

 respect to food. 



A good method of seeding corn is to plant in 

 drills, from two and one -half to three feet apart, 

 and the plants from eight to ten inches apart in 

 the drill. The quantity of seed necessary to plant 

 thus thickly, will range from twelve to fourteen 

 quarts per acre, depending on the size of the grain. 

 \n branching varieties, the plants will be as thick 

 as it is desirable to have them with the lighter 

 seeding. Seedings thicker than this, either in 

 rows or broadcast, as is frequently practiced, 

 are likely to cause the crop to surfer from lack of 

 moisture, if short droughts occur, even under very 

 favorable conditions for obtaining plant-food. The 

 size of the stalks under this thick seeding will be 

 such as to cause the forage to remain succulent 

 and palatable until the grain begins to harden. 



As already "indicated, when large yields are to 



