SITE FOR SWEET CORN 



This method was spoken of under planting 

 for the home, and it may not be necessary 

 to discuss it again here. 



HARROWING 



Following the plowing harrowing should 

 take place if the plowing is in the springtime. 

 If in the fall, harrowing is not necessary 

 until just previous to planting. The tools 

 needed in harrowing are of the disk type, 

 either a plain or cutaway disk. This tool 

 should be run first with the furrows, lapping 

 half the width of the machine each time. 

 It should then be used across the furrows, 

 lapping half the width of the machine. 

 If the soil is particularly hard, it may be 

 to the advantage of the farmer to use the 

 disk diagonally in either one or two ways. 



Following the use of this tool, a smoother 

 should be used, such as the spike tooth 

 or the spring tooth. These tools will have 

 a tendency to level the land and to fine 

 the particles. If the plowing is carried on 

 in the spring and the ground plowed is a 

 heavy sod or has a heavy crop of green 



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