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inches apart, about fifteen pounds of seed per acre 

 is sufficient. When the land is fairly free from weeds 

 and weed seeds, corn can be sown with an ordinary 

 grain seed-drill (see III. 56), stopping all the spouts 

 but two, leaving six spaces (forty-two inches) 

 between the rows of corn. A drill with an odd 

 number of spouts, say eleven or thirteen, is pre- 

 ferable, as the teamster will not be so liable to make 



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a mistake. A careful driver should make the drills 

 perfectly straight and even and sow twelve acres 

 per day. Twenty pounds of seed corn per acre 

 is sufficient. As soon as sown the land should be 

 crossed with a light harrow or a Breed weeder, then 

 on the angle and again across, until the corn is up. 

 After this use the weeder lengthwise, covering two 

 drills at a time, raising the two teeth in line with 



