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at the proper time, it is a very useful crop, al- 

 though the experience of careful experimenters 

 shows that, on the whole, the yield of feed is 

 relatively very much less than from the regular 

 field varieties, the range being from four to ten 

 tons per acre, with an average of about six tons. 

 A variety of sweet corn that gives a satisfactory 

 yield is rather slower in development than other 

 corn, owing largely to the fact that the seed does 

 not germinate quickly nor the young plants grow 

 vigorously until the season is well advanced. Of 

 the suitable varieties, Stowell Evergreen is one 

 of the most generally satisfactory, since it is a 

 large, rank grower, with abundant foliage. It 

 should not be planted until the season is well 

 advanced, say the latter part of May, for the Cen- 

 tral States, and the land should be thoroughly well 

 prepared, as pointed out for other kinds of maize. 

 When used primarily for forage, sweet corn may 

 be fertilized or manured, as indicated for the 

 Thoroughbred White Flint, and cultivation should 

 be practically the same. 



A great advantage that many dairymen find in 

 the growing of sweet corn is that they may sell 

 a large proportion of the ears, when the prices 

 are satisfactory, and still have a very good for- 

 age left, as the stalk remains palatable for a con- 

 siderable time after the ears have been removed. 

 There is no question as to the superiority of the, 



