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"Oh," she said, "we eat what we can, and 

 what we can't we can." 



Afterwards Johnny Bull tried to tell the 

 story. " So funny," he said; " she told me that 

 they eat what they can, and what they can't 

 they put in tins — why don't you laugh?" 



Sweet corn requires more attention than field 

 corn, both as regards earliness and the proper 

 development of each plant. For this reason 

 it is planted in hills rather than long drills, and 

 in warmer and quicker soil, with quickly avail- 

 able fertilizer. Groimd that has been plowed 

 deep the fall before, and fertilized with well- 

 rotted manure makes a good soil; if the ground 

 be hard or cold, a handful of commercial fertil- 

 izer may be added to each hill. 



Although corn is a hot-season plant, it is 

 practically a surface feeder, so it cannot with- 

 stand drought as well as potatoes or other crops. 

 That is why it is well to plow deep and make a 

 good moisture-holding bottom in order to get 

 good corn of any kind. That is also the reason 

 for the frequent surface tillage given the growing 

 plants. 



Seed is planted for the early crop as soon as 

 the ground is warm enough, and as corn rots 

 quickly either in cold or damp ground, it is 

 well to plant freely. Coating with tar perhaps 



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