CORN FOR SILAGE. 



each row of corn (as before described). When the 

 corn is a few inches high, start the two-horse corn 

 cultivator. Sec III. 6g. Use the narrow point first, 

 so as to loosen the soil several inches deep. This is 



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followed with the Breed weeder to make a fine 

 tilth, kill weeds, and assist the bacteria to act on the 

 humus and make it available for plant food. Corn, 

 being a gross feeder, requires a large amount of 

 soluble food, which can only be prepared by thorough 



71. CORN PLATFORM. 



cultivation. The weeder and the two-horse corn 

 cultivator should be used alternately until the corn 

 is too high to work over. Then it becomes necessary 

 to use a one-horse hoe or scuffler {see III. 6j), which 

 should be continued until the corn is about six feet 

 high. After this a cultivator with harrow teeth is 



