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side was then used throwing the soil from the ridge over 

 the suckers to cover them up and practically leveling the 

 ridges down. A few days later it was with considerable 

 difficulty that a sucker could be found, in fact, with care 

 and catching the corn at proper height the suckrs can 

 all be destroyed. The cultivator was followed with the 

 weeder, which practically leveled the surface. The 

 corn was now ten to fifteen inches high and scarcely a 

 broken stalk could be found, owing to the fact of the 

 flexibleness of the teeth and that the drag or weeder bars 

 were seven inches high. The field was gone over five 

 times with a weeder, that took in six rows; and this cost 

 less than to have gone over once with a one-row cultiva- 

 tor and twice with a two-row cultivator. This made the 

 total cost of eight cultivations equivalent to less than 

 two and a-half times over by the old plan. The corn 

 made over forty bushels to the acre. Many other similar 

 illustrations of what can be done might be cited in the 

 country just east of the Colorado line. 



In growing listed corn we do not believe in very deep 

 listing, but in thorough cultivation from early spring 

 until the crop is put in, then consider fully that ample 

 moisture and air must be in the soil and that weeds grow- 

 ing in a corn field live on your best corn. 



We will never get the high limit in yield by listing 

 corn into the unplowed land. The plowing of the land 

 to a good depth in the autumn, following with the sub- 

 packer well weighted, then early spring culture and list- 

 ing shallower, would bring much better results. In short, 

 a three-row lister is now being perfected for fields thus 

 fitted and a three row cultivator will also be ready 



CHECK ROW PLANTING. 



Early plowing is absolutely necessary in making use 



