I April, 1914 
It is a simple matter to have corn 
from one to two weeks earlier than you 
have been having it, and that without re¬ 
sorting to any of the inferior extra-early 
varieties. Of course, starting and trans¬ 
planting corn as you would lettuce or 
tomato plants would not be practical. 
But here is a simple method which I have 
used the last two years with success. 
Procure a hundred or so square paper- 
pots, or “dirt-bands.” Pack these into 
flats, or directly into the "'.old-frame, and 
shovel them full of light, rich soil, filling 
the interspaces with soil or moss. Plant 
in these, putting only four or five kernels 
to a pot, as practically every one will 
sprout if the seed is good. Start them 
two to four weeks before it is safe to 
plant outside, and keep them in a warm, 
sunny place protected from frost at night, 
and well watered. Do not set outside un¬ 
til the weather is settled and warm — 
usually when the trees are well out in 
leaf. Then set quite deeply; that is, so 
the surface of the pots will be two or 
three inches below the surface; and 
under or near each hill put a good hand¬ 
ful of hen-manure and ashes or half a 
handful of bone flour and cotton-seed 
meal. Be sure to give plenty of ventila¬ 
tion while the plants are growing in the 
frames, and to harden off well before 
setting in the open. 
The soil most fancied by corn, where 
any choice may be given, is that which is 
well drained and “warm.” But it should 
do well enough in any good garden soil. 
It is a good plan to put your sweet corn 
on greensward, or on any part of the 
garden which you may want to get into 
extra good shape for the following year. 
It is a splendid preparer, or antecedent 
crop,—and the planter with a small gar¬ 
den should plan his “rotations” and suc¬ 
cessions as carefully as the farmer. The 
part of your garden which is to be occu¬ 
pied by corn should be forked up or 
plowed as long in advance as possible, so 
that it will have time to be thoroughly 
warmed up. 
Corn is a strong forager and does not 
require coddling in the way of plant- 
food ; but an adequate amount of nitro¬ 
gen during the earlier stages of growth 
and an abundance of potash during the 
latter stages are necessary for best re¬ 
sults. Either manure or fertilizer may be 
used. It is a good plan to manure the 
corn section of the garden generously 
each year, and shift it around, following 
it with root crops, to which it is not so 
desirable to apply manure. Where ma¬ 
nure alone is used on the corn patch, a 
suitable dressing of ashes, or of muriate 
or sulphate of potash, should be raked 
into the soil before planting. It fertilizer 
has to be relied upon, give a good dress¬ 
ing of a high-grade or market-garden 
brand. A fraction of a handful of nitrate 
of soda worked in about each hill at the 
time of the second hoeing will give the 
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