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Show Let Corn Suckers Gros Do not remove the suckers from corn plants. These suckers or tillers are essentially the same as "stools" of small grain. The term suckers probably prob-ably dates back to the time when there was a widespread belief that these suckers grew at the expense of plant foods in the main stalk. That such is not the case is evidenced by lower yields which result when the suckers are removed, states G. H. Stringfield of Ohio State university who has been working with the United States Department De-partment of Agriculture in studying this problem in various states. The injury is likely to be greatest If stands are thin, and late removal is worse than early, he has found. Prairie Farmer. |