. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . y to grow toweeds. If a small variety of corn, more kernels can begrown in a hill than a large variety. This is particu-larly true if the large variety has a correspondinglylarge amount of foliage. The large plants growing ina hill will naturally shade the other plants and interferein their development. On soils that have been plowedfor the
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . y to grow toweeds. If a small variety of corn, more kernels can begrown in a hill than a large variety. This is particu-larly true if the large variety has a correspondinglylarge amount of foliage. The large plants growing ina hill will naturally shade the other plants and interferein their development. On soils that have been plowedfor the first time, it is sometimes desirable to drill thecorn. Such fields are usually comparatively free fromthe noxious weeds which seem to follow continued cul-tivation. They are usually very fertile and able to n8 THE BOOK OF CORN support more plants than can be grown in hills. Inthis case it is good practice to drill in order to use upthe fertility of the soil which might otherwise be lost in the atmosphere orthrough corn isgrown for a soil-ing or forage cropdrilling is desir-able. In this caseears are notsought, but the ob-ject is to securethe largest possi-ble amount of fol-iage. This can bedone by drillingthe seed closely inthe Fig 30—Homemade Corn Planter A very satisfactory corn planter is hereshown. Make a frame, a, like a wheelbarrowframe and three inches longer than the pan a tin pan and put on the axle of the wheel-barrow against the wheel b. The hole in thecenter of the pan must be in the center andmust fit the axle. Put into the flaring sideof the pan inch openings the shape of theend of your thumb, only do not remove thepiece of tin. Leave one side hanging so thatyou can spring it open or push it shut, to regu-late the dropping of the corn. Make theseopenings three or four inches apart, then openthem or shut them, according as you want thecorn dropped. By wheeling this barrow alongin your marked field it can be easily adjusted todrop
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