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manure or fertilizer 



Where manure is available, from ten to fifteen tons per acre 

 applied broadcast is advisable. Where the soil is of a relatively 

 heavy type and backward, application of fertilizer in addition to 

 manure is advantageous, using two hundred and fifty to five hun- 

 dred pounds of a high-grade. Where manure is not available, a 

 fertilizer containing 4 per cent, nitrogen, 8 per cent, phosphoric 

 acid, and 5 per cent, potash, applied in the hill at the rate of about 

 five hundred pounds per acre, will give satisfactory results. This 

 fertilizer would be of greater value where a sod had been inverted 

 than on bare ground. 



VARIETIES 



Canning 

 In the eastern United States for an early corn the variety used 

 for canning is the Improved Crosby. This is a second early corn 

 with an ear of fairly large size and very choice kernels. Owing 

 to its earliness the grower is practically assured of obtaining a 

 crop. Stowell's Evergreen is the standard late corn for canning. 

 Very large ears and white kernels of high quality are its char- 

 acteristics. However, in the last two or three years, owing to the 

 early frosts in the fall and the length of season required to grow 

 this corn, it has proved a failure. Country Gentleman is a good 

 type of corn where shoe-peg kernels are desired. The ears are 

 fairly large and the kernels deep, being placed irregularly on the 

 cob. For the best results where one must consider the season, in 

 order to obtain corn for canning, it would be advisable to depend 

 upon early sorts rather than late. It is well to take advantage of 

 improved types of seed. 



Market Gardening 



The market gardener has a long list of varieties from which 

 to choose. Onlv a few will be eiven here. 



Extremely early: Peep-o'-Day, First of All, Eed Cob Cory, 

 White Cob Cory. 



Second early : Improved Crosby, Squantum. 



Main season: Black Mexican, Kendall's, Country Gentleman. 



Late: Stowell's Evergreen. 



