98 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 
horse drill does not drop in the middle of the 
furrow as a single one will. A man and a boy 
with four horses will list and plant seven acres 
per day. He prefers listing to plowing the 
ground and planting on top, as it is more easily 
done, the land is more easily cultivated, and 
consequently it is cheaper to raise it in this 
way. The corn stands the drouth better, does 
not blow down like top-planted corn, and yields 
more per acre. Rok ) 
The advantages claimed for this process are: 
(1) economy of labor, (2) more thorough tillage, 
(3) ability of the crop to withstand drouth, and 
(4) increase of crop. 
