. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . which is a grossfeeder. On the more fertile lands of the central corn-belt, nitrogenous manures may not al
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . which is a grossfeeder. On the more fertile lands of the central corn-belt, nitrogenous manures may not always be used toadvantage with corn, but in the eastern and southernstates, where the soU has lost more of its original fer-tihty, stable manure may often be used profitably withthis crop at the rate of 8 or 10 cords to the acre, orpossibly more. In the northern part of the corn-belt in the centraland western states, that is to say north of the Ohio andMissouri rivers, deep fall plowing of corn land is gen-erally favored, but in experiments at the Illinois andIndiana experiment stations, the depth of plowinghas had little influence on the crop. In sections of theeastern states, shallow plowing late in spring is favored,especially if the land be in sod. In warmer, drier regions,as in parts of Nebraska and Kansas, listing has beenmuch practised on stubble ground. The listing plow,having a double mold-board, throws the soil into alter-nate furrows and ridges, the furrows being 8 or 9. 1059. Early Marblehead sweet corn. inches deeper than the tops of the ridges. The corn isplanted in the bottom of the furrow, either by meansof a one-horse corn-drill or by a corn-drill attachmentto the lister plow, consisting of a subsoil plow throughthe hollow leg of which the corn is dropped. Great care should be used to secure seed-corn havinghigh vitahty as a precaution against the rotting orweak germination of the seed in the soil, should theseason be cold and wet after planting. Select the seed
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