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the plants are smaller and weaker, and for this reason 

 it is desirable to plant pop-corn on a dry, warm, sandy 

 soil. The kernels are very small, and I have found that 

 in planting, one is apt to drop too many seeds in the 

 hill. Pop-corn may be planted in hills three feet apart 

 each way, and the land cultivated both ways with a 

 horse-hoe, or it may be planted in rows three feet apart, 

 and the seed drilled in, afterwards thinning out the 

 plants to six or eight inches apart in the row. Pop-corn 

 needs good soil and clean cultivation. I cut my crop 

 with a reaper and tie it into bundles like wheat; set the 

 bundles in a stook in the field until well cured, and if too 

 busy to husk it in the fall, draw in the bundles and put 

 them on an airy scaffold in the barn, and husk out the 

 corn at my leisure. 



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Some might think that Corn-salad was a variety of corn 

 grown for salad. In England wheat is called " corn," and 

 corn -salad is supposed to derive its name from the fact 

 that the plant grows among winter wheat. It is a very 

 hardy plant and will, if sown in the fall, usually stand 

 the winter and will start to grow in the spring, even 

 earlier than spinach. It is a substitute, to some extent, 

 for both lettuce and spinach. One of its popular names 

 is "Lamb's Lettuce." It is a very easily raised plant, 

 and is a favorite salad with those who like it. The cul- 

 tivation is very simple. For spring use, sow early in 

 September, in rows fifteen inches apart, dropping the 

 seeds an inch apart in the row. Protect the plants 

 in winter by lightly covering them with straw or 

 litter. When used as a substitute for spinach, the land 

 cannot be made too rich. For summer, sow in rows, 

 fifteen inches apart, as early as the ground can be put 



