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wheeled hoe may be run between the rows 

 and the hand hoe may be used around the 

 hills in the row. This may be followed 

 again by the wheeled hoe. However, the 

 individual's steps are noted in the cultivated 

 ground, and these are quite numerous if 

 the operator is not familiar with the 

 particular machine. Where the man takes 

 long steps with the wheeled hoe, the marks 

 are not so numerous, and therefore, cause 

 but little injury. 



As to horse tools, they may be used 

 between the rows and the hand hoe among 

 the hills. This will leave the soil in quite 

 a loose condition. If the garden is of some 

 size, it would be better ]to use a tool which 

 would cultivate the whole surface until the 

 corn has come through the ground, and 

 then follow with the horse cultivator. 

 Cultivation seems to be quite necessary for 

 the best corn growth, as it conserves the 

 moisture in the soil and keeps down the 

 weeds. It is this competition between the 

 plant and the weeds which causes the 



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