50 Progressive Agriculture 



good timely rains follow, the check in growth or 

 change will be less noticeable. 



Endeavor to split the ridge before this period 

 or condition of growth is reached, then you slip 

 by the hazardous risk. Watch and study these 

 conditions, for like many other chance conditions 

 they can be largely overcome by timely and appro- 

 priate tillage. 



LATE CULTIVATION OF CORN 



Do not forget, much less neglect, your corn 

 field after the corn is too high for the riding 

 cultivator. Be especially vigilant if you have a 

 heavy rainfall that has a tendency to dissolve 

 and settle, or to puddle the mulch after the last 

 cultivation. Corn at this stage needs the closest 

 care. If you have made no gross mistakes up to 

 the time the corn is in full tassel, you have a fine 

 chance for a good crop. Mistakes made prior to 

 this time cannot be fully remedied by any amount 

 of later care. 



For this late work in the corn field a 13-tooth 

 garden cultivator is very good, but you must hold 

 the rear teeth high enough to clear all main roots. 

 A very good device for this last work in corn is an 

 old mower wheel. Just hitch to a spoke and let 

 the chain or rope come up over the rim at the front, 

 making the hitch of the horse short enough so the 

 lower edge of the front of the wheel will only clear 

 the surface. This throws the bottom of the rear 

 part of the jim forward with enough slant to just 

 cut the surface and carry the dirt over the rim, 

 dropping it loose behind. 



