. Corn book for young folk. Corn. THE FIFTH STEP IN CULTIVATION 205 three or four inches tall. These early cultivations will not only destroy weeds but they will keep the ground from packing and thus save moisture and will also give the plants a vigorous start. If corn- stalks or rubbish have been turned under and remain unrotted in the seed beds, neither a weeder nor a. Fig. 159. A Lister Cultivator harrow can be used. From the time the corn appears above the ground its growth should never be checked. On listed land an implement known as the lister cultivator is coming into favor. It takes th
. Corn book for young folk. Corn. THE FIFTH STEP IN CULTIVATION 205 three or four inches tall. These early cultivations will not only destroy weeds but they will keep the ground from packing and thus save moisture and will also give the plants a vigorous start. If corn- stalks or rubbish have been turned under and remain unrotted in the seed beds, neither a weeder nor a. Fig. 159. A Lister Cultivator harrow can be used. From the time the corn appears above the ground its growth should never be checked. On listed land an implement known as the lister cultivator is coming into favor. It takes the place of the weeder or harrow in the earlier cultivations of corn planted by this method. Such a cultivator is shown in Fig. 159. On many farms this cultivator is not used until the lister ridges are somewhat leveled by one harrowing. At the first working of the corn by this tool the disks are set to throw the earth away from the corn. Fenders are provided to. 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 Williams, Charles Burgess, 1871-; Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1859-1924, joint author. Boston, Ginn
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