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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 42
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40 preventing washing, somewhat, on rolling land. Like about everything else in the vegetable kingdom, corn is improved by cultivation, but the cultivating should be done before the brace-roots start, otherwise there will be a second growth of brace roots and a retardation of the natural growth of the plant. The plant seems to do more growing in the night than in the day time. We have known a plant to grow as much as 3 in. in one night, but this is an extreme case. If the day is warm and the night cool the growth of the corn
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40 preventing washing, somewhat, on rolling land. Like about everything else in the vegetable kingdom, corn is improved by cultivation, but the cultivating should be done before the brace-roots start, otherwise there will be a second growth of brace roots and a retardation of the natural growth of the plant. The plant seems to do more growing in the night than in the day time. We have known a plant to grow as much as 3 in. in one night, but this is an extreme case. If the day is warm and the night cool the growth of the corn
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