American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . s to water. Deepdrains farther apart are more economical inthe long run than shallow ones near together—four feet being the depth usually advised andseldom reached. Tiles are often cheaper thanstones, even if the latter encumber the land. » i — m i » Implements for Cutting up Corn. In cutting up corn we believe in cither leav-ing fully eight inches of the huts, or in cuttingas close as possible. It is a little easier to cut,leaving long stalks, but this involves in neatfarming the labor of dragging the field with apole, when the grou
American Agriculturist, for the farm, garden and household . s to water. Deepdrains farther apart are more economical inthe long run than shallow ones near together—four feet being the depth usually advised andseldom reached. Tiles are often cheaper thanstones, even if the latter encumber the land. » i — m i » Implements for Cutting up Corn. In cutting up corn we believe in cither leav-ing fully eight inches of the huts, or in cuttingas close as possible. It is a little easier to cut,leaving long stalks, but this involves in neatfarming the labor of dragging the field with apole, when the ground is frozen, in order tobreak the stubs off from the roots. When cornis to he followed by springgrain of any kind, itis very desirable to plow deeply enough to coverstubs and roots together, so that they will notbe harrowed out, and lie on the surface, wherethey will lie useless as manure, and in the way ofthe following grass crops. If the roots only heleft in the ground, or if the stubs and roots arebroken apart, there is little difficulty, and few. of either roots or stubs interfere with the even-ness of the meadow when laid down to grass. Were a dozen men to go to a field to cut upcorn, scarcely two would have supplied them-selves with exactly the same describe and illustrate several of the com-mon corn cutters. The most common is doubt-less the scythe blade—variously simple blade, 18 to 20 inches long, mayhave a handle made, as in figure 1, by rivetinga piece of wood uponeach side at one end, orthe edge may be battereddown at that end for afew inches, and woundwith leather or coarsecloth. This forms a heavyknife which will cut offthree or four stalks at oneblow, and has its represen-tative in the stores in oneof the many forms of thecane knife which is shownin fig. 8. These knives (Maehettes) are made for ,, ? ., . i v •. Figures 1 and 3. the Southern trade, but ft some forms are very useful on the farm, andthey maybe bought fo
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