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three years, just what is the proper amount of corn to plant 
per acre on his own particular farm. 
REPLANTING CorRN 
We doubt that it pays to replant corn when the stand 
is as good as seventy per cent. Before replanting corn, sev- 
eral things should be taken into consideration. The remain- 
ing hills, provided clean culture is maintained, will yield 
correspondingly better because they have more room for 
fuller development than had the stand been perfect. This 
partly makes up for the loss sustained by the missing hills. 
If only the missing hills are replanted they will be shaded 
by the taller surrounding stalks, which causes the replanted 
hills to yield little or nothing. 
If the stand is so poor the field must be replanted, it is 
best to single or double disc and replant the whole field 
with the planter. This plan kills all weeds and usually 
results in a perfect stand. Never replant corn between the 
rows of the first planting. This careless method generally 
results in weedy corn. Before discing up the first planting, 
determine whether or not a replanted field will have a chance 
to reach maturity with a normal season. When it is necessary 
to replant, it is a good plan to plant an early maturing 
variety if possible. 
Like all other corn growers, we have found it necessary 
at times to replant some fields. In some cases, however, we 
have replanted and in the fall after making a comparison 
with a few rows left as a check, we found that the first 
planting yielded more bushels per acre of sound corn than 
the last planting. Mistakes like this incur a double loss: 
First, there is a loss in yield, and secondly, there is loss in 
time consumed, which is often the greater loss of the two. 
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