. Practical corn culture, written especially for the corn belt farmers. Corn. 54 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE Last year we plowed nearly seventy acres with one of these built up surface plows after the corn had started to tassel One field yielded ninety-four bushels to the acre. It was second-sod, having been in corn the previous year. These plows do better work than mower wheels, or plows made to run between the rows, because they do not cut the roots or bruise the stalks. Any man delights in running one because he is high enough to get the breeze if there is (Courtesy Tower Cultivator
. Practical corn culture, written especially for the corn belt farmers. Corn. 54 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE Last year we plowed nearly seventy acres with one of these built up surface plows after the corn had started to tassel One field yielded ninety-four bushels to the acre. It was second-sod, having been in corn the previous year. These plows do better work than mower wheels, or plows made to run between the rows, because they do not cut the roots or bruise the stalks. Any man delights in running one because he is high enough to get the breeze if there is (Courtesy Tower Cultivator Co.) HIGH ARCH SURFACE CULTIVATOR Made especially for plowing tall corn We are not condemning one-horse implements that go between the rows. Anyone is making more than good wages who stirs the ground and conserves the moisture no matter what kind of an implement he uses. On account of this fourth plowing, usually coming during wheat harvest, we generally put the regular hands on the plows and hire extra help to do the Avheat and oat shocking. Land is becoming too high priced in the Corn Belt for. 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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