Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . nal Harvester Company, Agricultural Extension Department. Frompamphlet Corn is King. 188 SUCCESSFUL FARMING corn show a difference of more than 15 per cent in yield in favor of shallowcultivation. Sixty-one tests of deep cultivation gave an average yield bushels per acre, while 55 tests of shallow cultivation gave an aver-age yield of bushels, a difference of nearly 10 bushels per acre. Oneto two inches is considered shallow cultivation and four to five inchesdeep culti
Successful farming : a ready reference on all phases of agriculture for farmers of the United States and Canada . nal Harvester Company, Agricultural Extension Department. Frompamphlet Corn is King. 188 SUCCESSFUL FARMING corn show a difference of more than 15 per cent in yield in favor of shallowcultivation. Sixty-one tests of deep cultivation gave an average yield bushels per acre, while 55 tests of shallow cultivation gave an aver-age yield of bushels, a difference of nearly 10 bushels per acre. Oneto two inches is considered shallow cultivation and four to five inchesdeep cultivation. The frequency of cultivation will depend chiefly on the surface con-dition of the soil and the presence of weeds. In the absence of weedsand with the surface soil in a loose condition, little is to be gained bycultivation. Methods of Harvesting.—Throughout the typical corn belt a largeproportion of the corn is harvested from the standing stalks in the field,and the stalks are pastured or allowed to go to waste. This methodfails to fully utilize the by-products of corn production, and is wasteful in. Several Forms of Husking the extreme. In the eastern part of the United States the whole plantis generally harvested and utilized, ^hen corn is grown for feedingdairy cows or steers the fullest utilization of the entire product is attainedby storing in the silo. For this purpose it should be cut when the kernelshave begun to glaze and the husks and lower leaves are turning not to be used for silage, corn should be put in shocks at a some-what more advanced stage of maturity. Three to four hundred stalksmake a shock sufficiently large to stand well and cure properly. The cornshould be husked in three to six weeks after shocking, the ears stored ina well-ventilated crib, and the stover reshocked. Care should be exercisedto so stand and slant the stover that the shocks will stand. They shouldbe securely tied about two feet from the tops with strong binder tw
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