32 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 



to drill than to check. This is especially true of timber- 

 land that is covered with stumps. 



Drilled com is not so liable to blow down in heavy sum- 

 mer winds. We believe, however, that this advantage is 

 fully offset by the freer circulation of air through fields 

 planted in hills. A free circulation of air around the corn 



(Courtesy John Deere riow Co.) 



MODEEN CHECK EOWEE PLANTEE 



PLANTING IN HILLS 



plants in August has a tendency to prevent firing. We 



sometimes drill sod fields if the ground is free from weeds. 



Three styles of modern planters are used in planting corn 



in hills: the round hole, or hill drop, the cumulative edge 



drop, and the kernel spaced edge drop. All of these are 



operated with a wire to check off the kernels in the hills. 



Round Hole or Hill Drop: This is the least complicated 



and the easiest to keep in repair of the check-rower planters. 



The round holes in the plates are large enough to admit all 



