MISCELLANEOUS. 



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CORN PLANTER WITH DISK FURROW OPENERS. 



to open a small furrow in which the corn is dropped, 

 to select the proper number of kernels from the seed 

 box, gather them into a hill, drop them into the fur- 

 row and cover them. 



3. Harvesting Machinery, If the crops have been 

 grown and ripened they must be harvested. In the 

 early days all harvesting was done by hand, and as 

 the age of farm implements approached various ma- 



IMPLEMENTS USED IN PRODUCING IOO BUSHELS OF CORN PER ACRE. 



