CULTIVATING LISTED CORN 



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In cultivating listed corn, especially where the field was only single- 

 listed, a larger amount of dirt is moved and the shovels are set deeper 

 in the ground. Deep cultivation when the corn is ready to lay by is 

 less detrimental to listed corn, because the root system is much further 

 down than in case of planted corn. Listed corn is slow in starting in 

 the spring because its seed bed is lower down and not so warm. Many 

 farmers become discouraged with the field of listed corn, because it 

 looks yellow and spindling. But just as soon as it has been cultivated 

 once, and especially after the second cultivation, the stalks begin to 

 grow rapidly. The warm, dry weather of late summer pushes listed 

 corn so much faster because its roots are drawing from a lower water 

 table. This supply is most needed just when the ears are forming. 



