PLANTING. 97 
Kenzie, in the Farmers’ Review (April 21, 1886), 
states that he believes listing is of doubtful 
utility excepting in very sandy land where the 
rainfall is deficient. On ordinary prairie land 
he prefers the standard method. Another 
writer in this same journal expresses no faith 
in listing where there is abundant moisture 
and heavy soil. Prof. Georgeson of Kansas 
says:* 
‘‘Deep planting by the use of the lister is undoubtedly the 
best means to tide over adrouth. Here in Kansas, where 
the rainfall is somewhat uncertain, the majority of the farm- 
ers list their corn, and in a dry season listed corn frequently 
yields a fair crop when surface-pianted corn isa failure. The 
roots of listed corn are not so near the surface and they there- 
fore do-not feel the drouth so severely. For this same rea- 
son listed corn can be cultivated deeper with impunity. But 
the lister cannot be used to advantage everywhere, espe- 
cially where the rainfall is usually sufficient to supply the 
needs of the crop. In such regions listed corn would be 
liable to be drowned out unless the soil was well drained: 
Again, on stiff clays listing cannot be practiced with the 
same advantage as it can on the black prairie mold.” 
Mr. J. M. Boomer of Kansas says in the 
Breeder’s Gazette (Feb. 18, 1895,) that he has 
been listing corn for fifteen years, and nine- 
tenths of the corn in his neighborhood is listed. 
He plants with a single-horse drill, dropping 
the kernels 15 inches apart. He prefers a sin- 
gle drill to a double one, because if the rows 
are not just the mght distance apart the two- 
* Indiana Farmer, June 30, 1894. 
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