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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. Ground 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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