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Title: Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Bowman, Melville LeRoy, 1881- (from old catalog) Crossley, Bruce William, 1886- (from old catalog) joint author
Subjects: Corn
Publisher: Ames, Ia., The authors
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ecorn 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 more rapid and less tedious than care^fully plowing weedy corn the first time. On hilly land, subject t( WEEDING. 191 washing, harrowing will necessarily follow immediately after culti-vating the newly planted field. When the plants are three inches in height they can be safelyharrowed. Farmers on a loamy soil report harrowing corn six andeight inches high without apparent damage. The kind of harrow is important. The teeth of the harrow shouldbe set to slant slightly backwards. Rigid teeth tear too deeply. Whenraised above the surface, the harrow frame does not drag trash. Alight harrow is preferable to the heavier type.
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(Courtesy Janesville Machine Co.) Fig. 91. WEEDER.This is used when the weeds are small and the ground is in good condition. The weeder, though little used in the corn belt, destroys fine grassin corn where the ground is mellow and the surface free from trash.Much younger corn can be cultivated with a weeder than with theharrow or cultivator. As the weeder is of light weight, a boy withtwo horses can weed a large area in a short time. The weeder gaining favor 192 CORN. Corn should be cultivated not plowed Harrowing warms the surface and conserves moisture Deepcultivationdetrimental Shallow cultivation best Depth of Cultivation. Corn should be cultivated, not plowed. The(leplli of cultivating; corn depends first upon the size of the corn. Cornwhich is bcini; cultivated for the first time has not long since begunfeeding on the soil. \\ hen germinating and pushing to the surface,the sprout drew the nourishment from the endosperm of the kernel.Therefore, the roots have not spread very far

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