Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . harrowteeth and drag hills of corn out with them. The surface of sod cornland cannot be harrowed because of the loose lying pieces of a rule, however, corn on new land is comparatively free fromgrass the first year. In the second place, when harrowing, the amount of rainfall and undesirable f ° , to harrow sunshine during the germination and early growmg period must be whue considered. is wet 190 CORN. During a wet time, wlien the sun
Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . harrowteeth and drag hills of corn out with them. The surface of sod cornland cannot be harrowed because of the loose lying pieces of a rule, however, corn on new land is comparatively free fromgrass the first year. In the second place, when harrowing, the amount of rainfall and undesirable f ° , to harrow sunshine during the germination and early growmg period must be whue considered. is wet 190 CORN. During a wet time, wlien the sun shines but little, a harrow culti-vates young grass rather than kills it. Sunlight is required to dryout the roots which are turned up to the air. Harrowing wet groundpuddles the surface, instead of producing a dust mulch. On the otherhand, a dry soil requires deeper tillage than that secured by the har-row. Care should be taken to note that the plants are not turgid andfull of moisture when harrowed, because they snap off easily when insuch condition. In the sunshine they usually bend easily and allowthe harrow to pass over them without Fig. 90. DISC especially in damp, weedy ground. The third consideration is the size of the corn, Wallaces Farmeradvocates the following as the ideal method of planting: Thoroughlyprepare the seed bed as has been previously described. Plant the cornand instead of following the planter with a harrow and harrowing itlightly crosswise, cultivate each row with the ordinary shovel plow,^^^^befwf Set the shovels to throw considerable dirt, but not enough to ridgecorn is up ^j^^^ rows very much. If the land is level, wait two or three days,then harrow crossways of the field. Two things are accomplishedby this practice. Practically all of the corn has been cultivated once^The ground has been loosened to considerable depth. The harrowhas pulverized the surface and turned to the sun many sprouting weecseeds. The whole process is
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