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said seed corn I agree to pay said Company two dollars 

 per bushel on or before the first day of October, 191- or 

 from the proceeds of corn delivered on this contract. I 

 further agree (1st) to plant said corn in three different 



plantings, first planting, acres, to be planted early 



in May ; second and third plantings, acres, to be 



planted the last of May or the first week in June, or after 

 each preceding planting is well up. (2d) Not to let any 

 corn become heated or damaged by remaining in bulk 

 too long, and to deliver said corn the day it is picked. 

 (3d) To make a short snap close to the ear. (4th) It 

 is further agreed that the corn covered in this contract 

 shall not be paid for till October first, 191-. (5th) That 

 corn must not be planted near field corn unless it be white 

 field corn, as mixed yellow corn is unfit for canning. In 

 case of destruction of the cannery by the elements, said 

 Company not to be held liable for damages on this contract. 



(Signed) (The Company) 

 (Signed) (The Farmer) 



196. Rotation. — It is often to the advantage of the 

 growers to plant their cannery corn crop in rotation with 

 other crops. It is desirable that the corn can be planted 

 following a sod, especially if on this sod from eight to ten 

 tons of stable manure are applied and plowed under. From 

 experiments, sweet corn is found to be greatly benefited 

 by deep plowing in some soils. If choice of soil is obtain- 

 able, the piece of ground that will give the most satisfac- 

 tory results is a gravelly or a sandy loam, especially if 

 there is some chance of having humus, such as sod or 

 manure. The corn is generally planted with a machine, 

 either one- or two-row corn planter ; and at the same time, 

 some growers apply from three to five hundred pounds of 



