. Corn book for young folk. Corn. l8o CORN BOOK FOR YOUNG FOLK three cultivations ? Would not such a seed bed soon be warmed by the sun and thus speed the perfect sprouting of your grain ? In case a heavy rain should fall after you had either disked or harrowed, would it not pay to run the harrow over the land again ? As an ambitious corn grower—one who wishes to make. Fig. 141. Smoothing Harrow following a Disk a crop of corn in which he may find a just reward for his labor — are you not willing to prepare such a seed bed ? POINTS FOR THOUGHT 1. What harm results from clods in the seed bed ?


. Corn book for young folk. Corn. l8o CORN BOOK FOR YOUNG FOLK three cultivations ? Would not such a seed bed soon be warmed by the sun and thus speed the perfect sprouting of your grain ? In case a heavy rain should fall after you had either disked or harrowed, would it not pay to run the harrow over the land again ? As an ambitious corn grower—one who wishes to make. Fig. 141. Smoothing Harrow following a Disk a crop of corn in which he may find a just reward for his labor — are you not willing to prepare such a seed bed ? POINTS FOR THOUGHT 1. What harm results from clods in the seed bed ? 2. What does a corn grower gain by harrowing his land after each rain ? 3. In case you disk your land with a horse disk and not a tractor, should the harrow which follows the disk run in the same direction that the disk ran or in an opposite direction ?. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Williams, Charles Burgess, 1871-; Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1859-1924, joint author. Boston, Ginn


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