. Practical corn culture, written especially for the corn belt farmers. Corn. CULTIVATION 49 The harrows are the heavy type spike harrows and are run with the teeth straight down. We drive the same way the corn is planted. As stated in the previous chapter, fur- row openers are used on the planter runners. By using this attachment all the corn plants are in a furrow which protects them from the harrow teeth. If the field is cloddy, as is sometimes the ease in dry sea- sons, the harrow is preceded by the roller. This pulverizes the clods and prevents the harrow from dragging them into the furro
. Practical corn culture, written especially for the corn belt farmers. Corn. CULTIVATION 49 The harrows are the heavy type spike harrows and are run with the teeth straight down. We drive the same way the corn is planted. As stated in the previous chapter, fur- row openers are used on the planter runners. By using this attachment all the corn plants are in a furrow which protects them from the harrow teeth. If the field is cloddy, as is sometimes the ease in dry sea- sons, the harrow is preceded by the roller. This pulverizes the clods and prevents the harrow from dragging them into the furrow. The first planted fields are often harrowed twice. (Courtesy John Deere Plow Co.) COMBINATION EIDING AND WALKING CULTIVATOE before we have finished planting the last. (See illustrations.) Unless furrow openers have been used we do not advocate harrowing corn after it is up. In some cases the weeder might be an improvement over the harrow in cultivating young corn. Depth op Cultivation There is more or less difference of opinion on this partic- ular point. The objections to surface cultivation, when it. 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 Ainsworth, William Thomas, 1858-; Ainsworth, Ralph Mitchell, 1885- joint author. Mason City, Ill. , W. T. Ainsworth & sons
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