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CHAPTER XW. 

 swEirr coRx. 



Very few of the truckers in Florida realize the value of 

 this crop for shipping to markets out of the State. Some 

 of the farmers, if asked about it, will say that it does not 

 pay. but if you will question them closely you will find they 

 have been planting the extra-early small-eared varieties, 

 which very seldom pa\s. If > ou are going to plant this 

 crop, make up >our mind that >ou will give it plent\- of 

 fertilizer and work, planting a large-eared variety, one that 

 even if the car-worm does eat a little there will be enough 

 left to sell when it arrives at market. 



With good cultivation an acre of sweet corn will yield at 

 least 230 to 300 crates, with six to eight dozen ears trj the 

 crate. I have planted ccirn for a good many years for ship- 

 ment to Northern and Southern markets. The average 

 price per crate f. o. b. )'our shipping point is from $2.00 to 

 $2.50, never guing lower than $1.00, and often as high as 

 S3. 30. In the Southern part of the State >'ou may plant any 

 tune from September first until January lirst. In the North- 

 ern and Central sections i)lant onl\' in the Spring, starting 

 about January fifteenth, and if \'ou wish to have corn the 

 entire season plant ever\- fifteen flag's until about April first. 



PEEP.VEATIOxX OF LAND AND FERTTf.IZING. 



Prepare the land as directed in Chapter II. Lay it ofl: 

 in furrows the width you \yish the rows apart, usually three 

 feet, clrilling the fertilizer in the furrow, mixing it and the 

 soil well together. Use r.ooo pounds to the acre, which will 

 anah'ze about as follows: x'-Vmmonia, 3'' ; available phos- 

 phoric acid, 8''^ ; potash, 10%. 



P[..\NT[XG. 



It is well to allow from ten da\s to two weeks after ap- 

 plying fertilizer before planting the seed. The best machine 



