MODE OF CORN -GROWING. 615 



corn to one of small grain, which gives me about forty acres 

 corn and twenty of wheat, oats, and root crops each year. 



MODE OF CORN-GEOWING. 



T have as much of my corn ground plowed in the Fall as 

 possible. I mark and plant about the first of May, without 

 harrowing or interfering with the Fall plowing until planted. 

 I follow the marks of the horse planter with a two-horse corn 

 plow, and throw the soil as heavily as possible on tlie marks of 

 the planter, then harrow crosswise before the corn has time to 

 be up. This mode of working Fall plowing completely destroys 

 all weeds that have started in the Spring, while the frost of 

 the Winter has destroyed the crop of weeds started after plow- 

 ing the previous Fall. I prefer this method to Spring plowing, 

 far the ground being somewhat settled, though mellow enough 

 for the roots of the corn to penetrate, retains the moisture bet- 

 ter and is less lumpy, thereby forming a nicer seed bed for the 

 grain. Corn planted on land treated as above stated, I find to 

 mature about a week sooner than on Spring plowing. On 

 Spring plowing I harrow, mark, plant, and harrow again before 

 the corn is up. All corn should be cultivated four times at 

 least, to secure a good crop, and to leave the ground in condi- 

 tion for small grain the following season. Average of corn 

 crop this year, sixty bushels per acre. Cost of producing the 

 crop : 



Plowing, per acre, ----- $1.25 

 Marking, planting, and harvesting, per acre, - .30 

 Cultivating four times, per acre, - - 1.25 



Husking and cribbing, per acre, - - - 1.50 



Total expenses, per acre, - - - $4.30 

 Making the actual expense of producing a bushel of corn only 

 seven and one-sixth cents, leaving the farmer, at present price 

 here, a clear gain of seven dollars and seventy cents per acre, 

 after being paid for his labor. 



WHEAT. 



Fall wheat I sow in corn, cultivate with double-shovel one 



