. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. PREPARATION AND PLANTING 167 great deal of fitting for good results. The best tool for pulverizing to a depth of several inches is the disk-harrow Where the land is stony or hard, a cutaway is more effec- tive. On very stony or rough land, a spring-tooth is more practicable than the disk, or the ordinary cultivator can also be used to good advantage. For surface finishing, the spike-tooth harrow and weeder are used for pulverizing and the board drag and roller for
. The corn crops: a discussion of maize, kafirs, and sorghums as grown in the United States and Canada. Corn; Kafir corn; Sorghum. PREPARATION AND PLANTING 167 great deal of fitting for good results. The best tool for pulverizing to a depth of several inches is the disk-harrow Where the land is stony or hard, a cutaway is more effec- tive. On very stony or rough land, a spring-tooth is more practicable than the disk, or the ordinary cultivator can also be used to good advantage. For surface finishing, the spike-tooth harrow and weeder are used for pulverizing and the board drag and roller for further reduction.^ Repacking the soil after deep plowing is an important function of all tillage in preparing the seed-bed. When the. Fig. 43. — A inodcrn disk-han-ow. A tool that pulverizes the surface and packs the subsurface at one operation. plowing is done long in advance, so that heavy rains may come, little attention need be given to repacking. A fairly compact seed-bed is desirable at planting time, though not so important with corn as with wheat. A good method of repacking a loose seed-bed is to use either a subsurface packer, or quite as well a disk-harrow, set straight (no angle to disks) and loaded with sufficient weight to cut nearly through the furrow slice. These tools will pack the bottom of the furrow slice. To pack. 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 Montgomery, E. G. (Edward Gerrard), b. 1878. New York, Macmillan
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