Show DEPTH FOR PLANTING CORN moisture content la Is one of greatest greated factors factor s in solving problem light soil boll dries fast i 41 the mol moisture sture content lit la tho the greatest of the factors determining tho the depth at which to plant corn according to cecil salmon of tile tho crops department ot of tile tho kansas state agricultural collego college tho the warmth of tile tho ground and tile tho type of soil upon which the plant ing la Is done also help determine the depth at which tile the corn should be ba planted this depth may vary from one to four inches As aa a rule corn planted early in the season should not be ba covered so deeply as that planted later thoro there are two reasons for this says bays mr salmon ono one reason la is that the surface ol of the soil does not dry out so quickly early in tho the season and therefore it to la not necessary to plant deeply in order to get the corn in moist earth tho the other la is that early curly in tho the season the soil is not warm to a great depth and of 0 course it Is not wise to plant down la in cold soli soil corn should be planted more deeply in a light loose boll than in a soil that Is heavy and compact the reason for this Is that tile the light soil sell will dry out taster faster and warm up more readily than tho the heavy soils in regions where listing hating Is tho the gen gral practice p tc tIce the same rule applies and the furrows should not he be made so deep early in tho season as may be ba done later that the tempora temperature ture la Is lower in tho the deep thad tanu in the shallow flidr furrows 0 we has been prove A at the kansas hansas state agricultural college mr air salmon says by thermometer readings taken in listed furrows of different depths |