Archive image from page 461 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 Fig. 625. Com smut. (Page 414.) size of a squirrel's ear or the dogwoods are in blossom, is as definite a date as it is possible to establish. The rate of planting is also a point that must be settled for each locality and each particular soil. For very fertile soil the usually adopted distances are 3 x 3i feet, with three kernels per hill. 'When planted at this rate, the stand in the
Archive image from page 461 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 Fig. 625. Com smut. (Page 414.) size of a squirrel's ear or the dogwoods are in blossom, is as definite a date as it is possible to establish. The rate of planting is also a point that must be settled for each locality and each particular soil. For very fertile soil the usually adopted distances are 3 x 3i feet, with three kernels per hill. 'When planted at this rate, the stand in the fall should average at least two and one-half stalks per hill, and, with this stand, yields of one hundred bushels and more per acre are possible. '' I'' Fig. 626. Late-maturing, tall-growing corn charac- teristic of the southern states. (Hartley.) The amount of moisture as well as the fertility of the land are matters that must be considered in deciding the rate of planting. If the stalks stand thickly in the rows the crop will suffer more from dry weather than if there is a thinner stand. In some sections where the soil is light, and dry weather is usual during the growing season, best results are obtained by having the rows four feet apart, with one stalk every three feet in the row. When such thin planting as this is necessary, it is preferable to plant the corn-rows far enough apart so that peanuts, cowpeas, or some other such crop can be planted between the rows. In the leading corn states, where the greater part of the land planted to corn is rather fertile, the mistake is made of planting the corn too thickly on the poor land. Ex- perience has taught the corn-growers that live in localities where all of the soil is light, that thin planting is necessary, and the mistake of planting too thickly is not so common as in sections where the greater part of the land is fertile. The result of planting too thickly is to reduce the size of the ears and the production of
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