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" About May i a planting of Country Gentle- 

 man, Stowell's Evergreen, or Columbus Market is 

 made, and at intervals of about ten days two or 

 three more plantings are made. The last planting 

 usually follows early potatoes, and should be made 

 by July 20. For this crop I plant Early Cory, or 

 some of the early sorts. If early frosts do not 

 come this crop will be ready for use during the 

 latter half of September or the first part of October, 

 and not only finds a welcome on the home table, 

 but a ready sale upon the market. A few years 

 ago I sold nearly $40 worth in October. We find 

 a ready sale for the early and the late crops in 

 small towns of 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants, but for 

 the main crop the larger cities must be looked to 

 for a market. If the stover is cut as soon as the 

 corn is pulled it makes a splendid feed for all kinds 

 of farm stock. In this vicinity the very early and 

 very late crops usually bring from 10 to 15 cents a 

 dozen; the larger markets from 15 to 25 cents." 



" I have been interested in growing sweet corn 

 for the past six years," writes D. L. Collins of 

 Genesee county, New York. " Evergreen and early 

 Minneapolis have been satisfactory varieties. All 

 early maturing varieties do well here. My family 

 prefer Metropolitan for table use to any other. My 

 soil is of a sandy loam and we grow for home use 

 only. We usually plant corn on the same land two 

 years in succession. Our garden plot is prepared 

 after the usual manner, but stable manure is kept 

 12 to 18 months in a sort of compost heap until 

 thoroughly rotted before putting upon the garden." 



" For nine years," writes John H. Taylor of Mid- 

 dlesex county, New Jersey, " we have averaged 

 5,000 ears of sweet corn and sold the crop for $1 a 

 hundred. Each year we plant from one to four acres, 



