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start, but it is no good in dry soU. The manure 

 acts like an individual hot-bed for each hill of 

 corn. 



Where this plan is used, thorough culture must 

 be given, or the corn roots will remain in the 

 manure during growing time and suffer from 

 drought. 



Com is not the only crop that is benefited by 

 the use of the feet in planting. Wherever the 

 soil must be compacted about the newly planted 

 seed, the feet can be used to advantage. So 

 true is this, that Peter Henderson, the well- 

 known New York gardener and seedsman, wrote 

 a pamphlet called " The Use of the Hands and 

 Feet in Planting," which is sent free upon ap- 

 plication. It is well worth reading. 



When it first comes into the market, sweet 

 corn usually brings 25 cents a dozen ears; that is 

 the time for the wide-awake gardener to sell his 

 crop. Later it may fall to five cents a dozen, 

 and usually sells as low as 10 cents; there is no 

 profit in that. 



If you pick the first ears as soon as they are 

 well set, the second setting will be much better 

 for it. (Very small, immature ears are fine 

 cooked or raw, to eat, cob and all, but our people 

 are not used to that.) It takes about a peck 

 of corn to plant an acre in hills, and, if well 



