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machines are used, the fertilizer would have to be broadcasted 
by hand or otherwise. Where the ordinary farm corn planter is 
available, this may be utilized. For large areas a two-row, two- 
horse planter is a very practical machine to use. It is sometimes 
ereatly to the advantage of the grower to use the hand method, 
owing to the fact that the patch may be marked out in two ways, 
and the corn planted at the intersection of these marks. It is 
then possible to cultivate both ways, resulting in a decreased 
amount of hand hoeing, or none at all. 
CULTIVATION 
Clean culture should be given at all times. Corn roots are 
relatively surface feeders. Therefore, only shallow cultivation 
should be practiced. For horse tools the twelve-point cultivator 
is recommended. The fine teeth are made in such a way that if 
properly handled they need not dig deeply into the soil. For 
hand tools, the many wheel hoes are useful. Coupled with these 
tools, of course, the hand hoe is recommended, especially for work 
close to the plant. During the summer it would be advisable to 
remove the sucker growths that come out from around the base 
of the stalk, as they have a tendency to decrease the productive- 
ness of the plant. Corn is not able to withstand drouth as well 
as many other crops. Therefore, conservation of moisture by 
maintaining a dust mulch is essential. 
PESTS 
Diseases. The same smut that attacks field corn is found grow-. 
ing on sweet corn. To combat the disease, the following is 
recommended: soil free from the disease, which means rotation 
of crops; eradication of portions of the plant found diseased; and 
care not to apply manure containing smutted fodder. 
Insects. The corn ear worm or bollworm is injurious to sweet 
corn in several sections of New York State. There is no satis- 
factory remedy. 
HARVESTING 
In harvesting the corn, the ears should be removed from the 
stalk with care. Do not break the stalk in severing the ears. Do 
not press so tightly against the ear that the kernels will be de- 
