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3. Prepare a good seed bed, disc, or harrow no more than you can get planted in the remainder of the day.
4. Drill or broadcast 400-600 lbs. fertilizer on the land and work it into me seed bed before planting. Apply an additional 200-300 lbs. in hands in the row at planting. Broadcast 50-80 lbs, nitrogen per acre and disc in before planting (on day soils) or apply when com is abotft knee high.
5. Plant an adapted variety such as: (Full Season) Yellow, US 262 or US 262A, White; Southern States 903W and Pioneer 510; (Medium Early) Yellow—VPI 645, US 505, Funks G136, US 13, or Pioneer 332; White—Indiana 750; (Early) Yellow Pioneer 303. (Silage) Yellow—US 262 or US 262A, US 578, N.C. 1032.
6. Plant enough: a stalk every 8"10” apart in the row, rows 42* wide.
7. Plant on Time: Around May 4May 10. Scierftists claim a reduction in yield of 1 bushel per acre for each day lost in getting com planted on time. 8. Control weeds: cultivate shallow, never 2-3” in depth. For chemical weed control the most effective time to spray is one week after planting. 9. Control Insects: Watch closdy for Japanese beetle population at pollination time. Pollination will take place in about, two days. There is little need to spray after pollination has taken place so examine the ears to see whether grains are forming. In most sections d the county it will probably be wise to make a tentative booking with your spray ‘ service agency ahead of silking and pollination. V
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