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Unless the season is very wet, I harrow down the early plowed fields, 

 and do not allow them to stand until time to plant the corn. 



CORN CULTIVATION 



I use a check-rower planter and plant three feet four inches each 

 way, and two grains in a hill. I do not harrow corn before it comes 

 up, unless I think it will get weedy. I harrow the corn after it is up 

 and a good size. I let the corn get a good height before plowing the 

 first time. This enables me to plow close to it, and the first plowing is 

 what counts. I plow rather deep the first time over, but when 1 

 lay it by I plow as shallow as I can and kill the weeds. 



I use six-shovel riding cultivators, and twelve shovels on the two-row 

 cultivators. I prefer the two-row cultivators, if I have large fields with 

 no point rows. My sons all use two-row cultivators, and do as good 

 a job with them as they could with the single row. Those who have 

 never used a two-row cultivator will perhaps doubt the statement 

 until they have tried them for themselves. I cultivate as many times 

 as I can; three or more. I lay my corn by as tall as I can without 

 breaking it down. 



Hoping I have answered your questions, I remain 

 Respectfully yours, 



W. L. WOODEOW. 



Mr. Woodrow is a breeder of full-blooded Percheron horses. 



Bolivar, Missouri, April 24th, 1913. 

 Messrs. W. T. Ainsworth & Sons, Mason City, Illinois. 



Dear Sirs: Our soil is not the most fertile soil in the world, 

 but at the same time good management and a careful rotation of 

 crops will bring good yields. 



I usually grow corn on ground that was in wheat the year previous. 

 I plow the wheat stubble deep, (six to ten inches), in. the fall and 

 winter when the weather is cool. I then leave the ground until plant- 

 ing time. In preparing my ground for planting I double disc with a 

 sharp disc and harrow the ground at least twice with a spike-tooth 

 harrow. I never drag my fields, since a big rain will cause the weeds 

 to grow too quickly. I use a John Deere planter, and drop alternately 

 two and three grains to the hill. I apply one hundred and twenty- 

 five pounds of bone and potash fertilizer with a fertiliser attachment 

 on the planter. 



