PLANTING. 83 



CHAPTER VII. 



PLANTING. • 



In planting a seed numerous factors must be 

 considered as having an important bearing on 

 the quality and quantity of the crop. These" 

 factors will be considered under the following 

 Jieadings: 



Time of planting. ^^^__ 



Rate or distance apart of planting. <^- 

 Drills vs. hills. 

 Depth of planting. 

 Listing. 



Time of planting. — Necessarily two impor- 

 tant conditions influence the date of planting 

 corn, viz.: geographical location and tempera- 

 ture of soil. Brewer says^ .that the most com- 

 mon rule observed as to time of planting is 

 that derived from the Indians on the settle- 

 ment of New England and the Middle States, 

 to "plant corn when the leaves of the white, 

 oak are as big as a squirrel's foot," or as 

 another saying states it, "as big as a squirrel's 



* Tenth Census. Report on the Productions of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, 1883, p. 98. 



