CHAPTER XVIir 



COSTS, YIELDS AND PROFITS 

 YIELDS 



IT is very hard to determine the actual 

 yields of sweet corn in the various sec- 

 tions of the country. As a general rule, it 

 is found that the early corn does not yield 

 as much as later varieties. However, the 

 price for the early is generally a great deal 

 higher. One finds that the very latest 

 corns are oftentimes the heaviest yielders. 

 The question of yields, however, may be 

 changed by careful selection of seed by 

 the grower, or some other improvement. 

 The market gardener generally gives but 

 two pickings to his corn. The corn stalks 

 are then pulled out of the ground and 

 discarded. Therefore, his yields are not so 

 large as those of the man who will wait 

 for some of the slower-developing ears. 



The truck grower oftentimes has larger 

 yields of corn. High yields of corn men- 

 tioned are from 15,000 to 20,000 ears to 

 the acre. Low yields mentioned have been 

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