. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 19.—Planting corn in Scotland County, N. C, without the use of a planter. The row is laid off with a 1-horse plow, the corn dropped by hand, and the covering done with a plow, with a hoe, or with the foot. grown. If the land is level and corn is extensively grown it is usu- ally planted in checks, as in the Central Western States. Where the land is rolling or where corn is a minor crop, as in the Southern States, it is usually planted in <1 rills. Where corn is planted in checks more cultivation is given than w
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. Fig. 19.—Planting corn in Scotland County, N. C, without the use of a planter. The row is laid off with a 1-horse plow, the corn dropped by hand, and the covering done with a plow, with a hoe, or with the foot. grown. If the land is level and corn is extensively grown it is usu- ally planted in checks, as in the Central Western States. Where the land is rolling or where corn is a minor crop, as in the Southern States, it is usually planted in <1 rills. Where corn is planted in checks more cultivation is given than where it is planted in drills. (Table IX.) The thickness of planting de- pends on the fertility of the soil. ()n the most product] ve soils corn is planted thickest. The hand labor consists hugely in chopping out weeds and re- planting missing hills. Tins is usually done at the first or second cultivation. In the regions where crops requiring considerable hand labor predominate, as in the eotlon-growing Stales, more hand labor i- employed for the corn FlG. 20.—A 2-horso checkrow corn planter, for dropping and covering two rows at once, used on level land where the crop is extensively 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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