86 INDIAN CORN OULTtJEE. 



given from plantings made from May 13 to 

 15.* 



In the Southern States planting begins sev- 

 eral weeks earlier than in the Northern ones, 

 and with a much longer season for maturity, 

 so that time of planting is not of so great sig- 

 nificance, as for example in Wisconsin, Where 

 some varieties will not mature at all, while 

 others will barely mature before killing frosts. 

 Every one will have to be his own judge for his 

 special conditions, but it will be well to watch 

 for the young oak leaves and note the tempera- 

 ture of the soil. 



^, Rate or distance apart of planting. — It may 

 be accepted as true that where corn is grown ' 

 for the grain each plant should have an oppor- 

 tunity for its fullest development. With soil 

 of the same character and fertility it would not 

 be best to plant an acre of the same corn in 

 New York and Tennessee under equal condi- 

 tions as regards quantity of seed. A less amount 

 would do where the plants grew large and ro- 

 bust; consequently we find a person in one 

 latitude growing one or two stalks in a place, 

 while in another locality, with less favorable 

 conditions, three or four stalks are grown. 



•At the Georgia station, in tests as to distance 

 of corn grown in hills, 5x4 feet apart gave the 



* Annual report Ohio agricultural experiment station for 

 1888, p. 80. 



