Corn Culture

A looao, loaray eoil a amonir tbo best 'oí ii erop of corn. Vheat Rtubble land with a heavy growtli of civrr to plow under will mako tho beit show for a crop, if manurod wcll on the surficO durng full md winter. If it i i i:iten;íed to ü'iw clover Beed araong coro afier tho ast working, tbo corn should be planted as early as postible, that its cultivation may be soonor comf.leied eo as to give ,!ic clover a longer chanco to grow ; but t is bast not to plant corn beforo the ground Í3 warta cnough to germinato tha !8ed. The land can bo barrowed melow, and ridgcd to exposo tho greatest surface to tbo sun to recsivo warmth, and harrowed luvol again previous to planting, all of whioh will lessen the oul,ivaüoM after the corn is planted. Tliat jlantcd later, iu ground well pulvorzed, iu fine tilth, nnd inado warm by oxposure to solar influenee, will oatetrip ;n groTíth.corn plsnted earlier n soil so roQgh and hard tbat tho delicato fibers of tho plant cannot penétrate f. Nothing is gained by planting too early, beforo the ground U made looio and warm.-