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mixed. Every few years I plow up this pasture and seed it. 

 down again as at first, as pasture that is used for hogs will soon, 

 run out. The first year after seeding it should not be grazed. 

 The remainder of my farm I devote to raising corn, 

 although a portion is used for wheat and oats — just enough, 

 for domestic use. " Corn is King." I have found that it pays 

 better to feed it to cattle and hogs, than to sell it by the bushel. 

 By this method I can sell the entire crop including the growth 

 of cattle and hogs, thus ending any further trouble. 



CORN. 



In raising corn the more manure, the better. This I put 

 on land immediately after small grain is cut. Then I turn 

 under stubble and manure, the deeper the better. The Spring 

 following I stir again lightly. Then I mark, harrow, and plant 

 about the tenth of May. I follow at once with a harrow. I 

 keep it going till the corn comes up. As soon as the rows can 

 be followed with a team, I begin to plow with a two-horse 

 sulky ploy ; the first time going through I do not let the 

 shovels r.im in very deep. I use shields on next to the corn, 

 while it is small, each time going through setting tiie 

 plow a little deeper. The second or third time going through 

 I take off the shields and turn the dirt up snugly to the corn. 

 I plow till the sixth or eighth of July. The corn stalks I break 

 down after the cattle have eaten all the blades and husks. 

 This I do by dragging a log over them in cold weather, which 

 makes it good for plowing. Now it is ready for harrowing, 

 marking and planting, the same as was done with stubble land. 

 I seldom put corn on the same land two years in succession, as 

 changing it gives a better chance to put on manure. By thia^ 

 method I have never failed to get a good crop. 



FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



I use the Norwegian plow for stirring my land and the 

 double-wing Scotch drag for harrowing. I find the two-horse 

 Sulky Dexter plow excellent for cultivating corn, and the 

 Union corn planter for planting ; also the Van Brunt seeder 



