Planting Suggestions 
Getting the most out of sweet corn depends considerably on choos¬ 
ing hybrids and timing plantings so as to best meet one’s particular 
situation. For instance, home gardeners, roadside stand gardeners 
and some — but not all — market gardeners, should plant hybrids 
that will provide a continuous harvest from the earliest date possible 
to the very last of the season. Canners find it better to include hy¬ 
brids that are earlier than the main crop, in order to lengthen the har¬ 
vesting period and lessen weather risks. Some also use earlier ma¬ 
turing hybrids, when weather or other conditions necessitate plantings 
later than are safe for the main crop. For some markets, only the 
earliest possible corns pay well; for others the latest; and for some, 
there are in-between periods when prices are usually highest. 
Our sei’ies of hybrids ripening at intervals, helps you plant to 
meet your market requirements. Our offerings and recommendations 
are based on careful study of numerous sweet corn trials all over the 
Country and reports from our customers, as well as our own exper¬ 
ience. We believe we are offering the best and most profitable hy¬ 
brids available in their respective periods of ripening. 
AIMING FOR THE EARLY MARKETS 
Early market prices usually are highest. To make the most of 
them, we suggest one or two small successive plantings of Spancross, 
before weather conditions are quite safe. Select early ground. Use 
our treated seed. Do not plant too deeply. Then when conditions are 
safe, plant at one time, all the Spancross you can pick and sell in 3 
days and all the Marcross you can market in 6'to 10 days. If any of 
the first planting is lost, replant with any yellow sweet corn or other 
crop. One of these plantings on the market ahead of the crowd, will 
more than repay the labor and seed lost on several. 
TO PROVIDE A CONTIUOUS SUPPLY 
For a continuous supply, make at least one planting of Spancross 
a few days before the safe date. Then, when it is safe, plant at one 
time equal areas with seed from each of these three groups: (1) Span- 
cross and Marcross;. (2) Ban-Marcross and Carmelcross; (3) Quaker 
Hill XL and Golden Cross Bantam. Each area should be what you 
want to pick and sell in a 6 to 8 day period. Then at weekly intervals, 
plant additional areas of Quaker Hill XL or Golden Cross, up to 80 
days from your fall freezing date. This will give as continuous a 
supply, as can be arranged, of quality corn that will win and hold your 
customers. 
AIMING FOR THE LATE MARKETS 
If your late markets are extra good, make several plantings of 
Quaker Hill XL or Golden Cross, 100 to SO days before the fall freez¬ 
ing date, or second plantings of Ban-Marcross or Marcross, 80 to 00 
days before that date. 
OTHER SUGGESTIONS 
These hybrids have the vigor to make fine big crops but they 
must have plant food and moisture. Fertilize liberally. Apply com¬ 
mercial fertilizer as nearly as possible, 2 inches from the seed and on 
the same or a slightly lower level. Use every means to conserve the 
winter and spring accumulation of moisture. Hybrid corns must have 
normal or greater spacing. If your stand is too thick, be sure to thin 
it. This is important. 
Repeated experiments show that suckering and topping corn re¬ 
duce yields. 
Corn borer and earworm can be controlled. If they have been 
serious, better prepare in advance to protect your corn. See below. 
CORN BORER CONTROL IN SWEET CORN 
Sweet corn growers can prevent considerable borer damage by spraying or dust¬ 
ing when the newly hatched worms begin to feed and before they bore into the stalks 
or ears. In 9 trials in Connecticut, treatments gave 80 <■•/ borer free ears, compared 
with 48'/, borer free without treatment. Circular 130, Agricultural Experiment Sta¬ 
tion, New Haven, Conn. 
There arc two broods of the borer, the first appearing some time between May 
1st and June 15th, depending on location and season, the second between August 
1st and September 15th. 
Spraying or dusting should begin as soon as the eggs start hatching. The county 
agricultural agent can give the dates, or the masses of overlapping pinhead like 
white eggs laid on the undersides of corn or weed leaves may be watched. They turn 
yellow and just before hatching, a black spot appears on each egg. They hatch in 
7 to 10 days from laying. 
Four or five applications at 5 or 6 day intervals are necessary. 
The materials must be applied in the narrow spaces between the leaf sheaths and 
the stalks, first in the developing whorls, then in individual leaves and tillers and 
finally on all parts of the developing ears. 
Knapsack dusters or sprayers are recommended. 
Dusting is simpler than spraying and equally effective. “Dual-fixed nicotine” 
dust is the material to dust with. It is not the nicotine dust used for aphids. This 
material is ready to apply as purchased. Use 35 lbs. per acre per application. 
For spraying, — mix thoroly exactly 4 oz. Ultrawet or 3 oz. Areskap as a spread¬ 
er with 2 lbs. cube or derris powder containing 4% ro^enone. Make this into thin 
paste with quart of water; then add water to make 25 gallons. Apply 80 to 100 gals, 
per acre at first, then 100 to 120 gals, and at last 120 to 150 gals. These materials 
will be available at Quaker Hill Farm. 
Timeliness and thoroness are important. Watch for the egg masses. Consult your 
county agent. 
These treatments will not control earworm. 
In the over wintering stage, many borers can be killed by feeding, making into 
silage, plowing under thoroly or burning all corn stalks, ears and cobs as far ahead 
of corn planting time as possible. 
OTHER GOOD SEEDS 
At Quaker Hill Farm we produce also seed of the best-by-test strains of potatoes, 
Danish cabbage, oats, barley, field corn, wheat, rye and other field crops. From 
500 to 1,000 acres of these crops are certified each year. We sell also hardy alfalfa, 
clover, grass, millet, and other forage crop seeds, all from approved sources. Be sure 
to see our general circular which describes these seeds concisely and accuately. It is 
instructive and the prices will interest you, too. A post card will bring you a copy. 
EARWORM CONTROL IN SWEET CORN 
At last a practical control of earworms has been worked out. It is described 
by George W. Barber in Circ. E47G of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. D. A., Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. 
The treatment is an injection of an oil mixture into the tips of the ears. Simple 
enough but the following details are important:— 
The oil must be a light mineral oil of 150 to 250 viscosity Saybolt at 100° F. 
It must be colorless, odorless and tasteless and harmless to humans. 
To the oil is added V/ c pyrethrins, preferably oleorsin of pyrethrum. These 
materials will be available at Quaker Hill Farm. 
This is applied after the silks have been pollinated and have become wilted, 
usually from the third to the fifth day after the silks first appear. This calls for 
experience. Too early interferes with pollination and too late misses the worms. 
One half to three fourth cubic centimeters of oil is the correct amount to apply. 
This is equivalent to 8 to 12 drops of water or about one-sixth of a teaspoon. 
•It should be applied V 2 " to 1" down in the midst of the silks, in the tip of the 
ear, toward the cob. 
A pressure oiler with a 6" or 8" slender spout, operated by a thumb or finger 
lever, is the equipment to use. An adjustable set screw can be attached to regu¬ 
late the amount of oil delivered. If desired, a knapsack tank of oil can be connected 
with the oiler by a rubber hose to save time in refilling. For this a nipple must be 
soldered into the oiler, for attaching the hose. 
Usually 2 or 3 trips over a field are necessary. One can treat 1500 ears per hour. 
The total cost should not exceed $4. to $5. per acre. This treatment is recommended 
wherever earworm damage is severe and where there is a reliable market for the crop. 
This treatment does not control corn borer. 
USING ROUND KERNELS 
Hound kernels produce as well as flat kernels. Many seedsmen do not separate 
them. We do, so that more accurate plantings may be secured. The round kernels 
can be planted as satisfactorily as flat kernels in grain drills, garden drills and most 
hand stabbers. In horse or tractor drawn corn planters, plates that will accommodate 
the thicker kernels are needed. They are stock sizes that can be fu»nished by the 
planter manufacturers. We will furnish the correct plate number if you will send the 
name of your machine and state whether flat or edge drop plates are preferred. 
Round kenels are priced 5<* per lb. less than flat kernels. 
DUST AND SPRAY MATERIALS 
Our prices on dust and spray materials for field and garden crops will be given 
on a special circular ready about April 1st. Ask for a copy. Don’t let insects and 
diseases steal your profits. Better be prepared to combat them. 
