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JOHNSON & STOKES 
To make the most of the 
stalks, they should be cut as 
soon as possible after the last 
ears have gone to market and 
fed to stock. Sweet corn 
stalks when dry make excel- 
lent fodder. 
The main enemies of corn 
are the cut worm, which is 
only troublesome in spring; a 
fungus which attacks the ears 
and which is always most 
prevalent on the small, early 
sorts; and a worm which cuts 
and injures the grain while 
the corn is in milk. Crows 
sometimes pull up the seeds, 
but can be disposed of by 
scattering a little yellow corn 
on the surface of the ground 
around the edges of the field. 
As the crow destroys many 
cut worms, it is better to feed 
him with corn than to shoot 
him. 
The prevalence of fungus- 
troubled or smutty corn is 
probably a symptom of weak- 
ness, the result of planting too 
early, or of too much wet 
weather. All plants that are 
weak are liable to fungus at- 
tacks, and it is the early corn 
that suffers most. This corn 
New Early Evergreen Sweet Corn 
