CROPS AND FERTILIZERS 



be planted until settled warm weather. Farm- 

 yard manure makes the best fertilizer and should 

 be spread in a ratio of about ten tons to the acre, 

 in addition to commercial fertilizer, drilled in 

 with the seed. If the corn is to be planted on 

 sod land, plough in fall and leave in ridges un- 

 til spring, then disk and harrow both ways. 



If the land is level and the crop is planted 

 for grain, the planting may be done with a two- 

 row planter using the checking attachment, 

 which drops the seed so regularly that it may 

 be cultivated both ways. If the land is hilly or 

 rough, or the crop is to be used for silage, then 

 the checker should not be used; the same ma- 

 chine will, however, plant in drills, dropping 

 the fertilizer at the same time. The secret of 

 a large corn harvest Is good seed and constant 

 cultivation, with the two-row cultivator, until 

 the stalks have grown too high for the machine 

 to straddle the rows; then the small horse culti- 

 vator should be used. The field should be gone 

 over every week or ten days and after every 

 rain until the stalks have grown large enough 

 to meet across the rows, which should be three 

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