CULTURE OUTSIDE CORN BELT 



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two stalks. Occasionally rich upland admits of the 

 same treatment as that practiced with bottoms. 



Regarding methods, there is one distinctive feature 

 of difference to be marked in certain sections where 

 planting in the water furrow is followed. Ordinarily, 

 the land is broken, and with the careful cultivator har- 

 rowed or fined, and the rows, whatever the distance, 

 are run out with a shovel plow, on the level, fertilizer 

 distributed, and mixed with a scooter furrow, and the 

 corn planted therein, either with a dropper or by hand. 



But in the peculiar 

 a 1 j, practice referred to 



r l/ \\ ^K broken by bedding 



to the center — to 

 every other row in 

 three feet 

 land, or to 

 furrow in 

 land. This leaves 

 a deep water fur- 

 row in the new 

 middle. In this 

 water furrow the 

 corn is planted and 

 the soil gradually 

 worked back du- 

 ring cultivation, 

 leaving the surface 

 again practically 

 level, to insure sufficient moisture for the roots. The 

 plan is sometimes reversed on very flat, poorly drained 

 land, and the corn planted on the bed thus formed. 



The Dunton system, originated by a progressive 

 farmer, H. J. Dunton of Smyrna, Georgia, has met with 

 varying favor and success in different localities. The 



Fig 47— Wagon Box Attachment 



For ease in unloading corn, the device here 

 illustrated may be readily made and attached 

 to rear end of wagon box so that shoveling 

 may begin at once upon reaching the crib. 

 Make a sloping floor, a, a few feet long, with 

 crosspieces on the lower side at b and c. This 

 floor is as wide as the outside of the wagon box. 

 Then pnt on short sides nailed securely to this 

 sloping floor, and extending forward a few 

 inches past the sides of the box and on the out- 

 side of it. Take out the end gate and gate rods 

 and put on this attachment, securing it in place 

 with four bolts. The lower crosspiece, c, should 

 extend out a little beyond the wagon bed on 

 each side and come down against it, the slop- 

 ing floor resting on the bottom of the bed an 

 inch or two from the back end. The attach- 

 ment can also be fastened with stout hooks and 

 staples. 



cotton 



the old 



corn 



