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4. To allow practically no moisture to escape by 

 direct evaporation from the surface. 



5. To use every possible precaution in pre- 

 venting any crust from forming under the mulch 

 or on the surface. 



6. To destroy no roots of the corn during its 

 entire growth, but more especially observe this 

 point after the corn begins to show tassels. 



HARROW AND CULTIVATOR 



If you have disked your land early and kept up 

 careful cultivation, as suggested under the head- 

 ing of early spring fitting, you have gone a long 

 way towards cleaning the field of weeds and mak- 

 ing it possible to keep it free. If the land was 

 plowed early, followed by a good fitting and corn 

 planted with a check rower, one or two good 

 harrowings will again set the possible crop of 

 small weeds back and aid greatly in holding the 

 desirable per cent of moisture at the top of the 

 firm soil. 



From the time the corn plant has its third leaf 

 well out to the time the corn is 10 inches high, 

 the spike tooth harrow provides good and cheap 

 cultivation, especially if your land is free of trash 

 and where the average sand loam predominates, 

 which is the soil most commonly found in semi- 

 humid sections. 



The riding cultivator, with three shovels on a 

 side, is about as good as any now available in 

 corn culture. We greatly need up-to-date culti- 

 vators that will cover either two or three rows at 

 a time, as desired, for from the time the corn is 



