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PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 



Last year we plowed nearly seventy acres with one of 

 these built up surface plows after the corn had started to 

 tassel out. One field yielded ninety-four bushels to the acre. 

 It was second-sod, having been in corn the previous year. 



These plows do better work than mower wheels, or plows 

 made to run between the rows, because they do not cut the 

 roots or bruise the stalks. Any man delights in running one 

 because he is high enough to get the breeze if there is any. 



(Courtesy Tower Cultivator Co.) 



HIGH AKCH SUEFACE CULTIVATOR 

 Made especially for plowing tall corn 



We are not condemning one-horse implements that go between 

 the rows. Anyone is making more than good wages who 

 stirs the ground and conserves the moisture no matter what 

 kind of an implement he uses. On account of this fourth 

 plowing, usually coming during wheat harvest, we generally 

 put the regular hands on the plows and hire extra help to 

 do the wheat and oat shocking. 



Land is becoming too high priced in the Corn Belt for 



