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tion, I have adopted the bar plow with fender; and after try- 

 ing several forms of fenders, I give preference to the rolling cut- 

 ter. With this plow you may run as close as you wish to the 

 corn without covering a stalk. The great advantage of plow- 

 ing corn in this way, however, is that it leaves it on a narrow 

 ridge, which warms through readily and starts the corn at once 

 into a vigorous growth. When corn is plowed in this way the 

 earth is ridged up between the rows like a sweet potato ridge, 

 and it not only kills all the weeds, but this ridge soon warms up, 

 and when a week or two later it is leveled down and brought 

 back to the corn rows, it is mellow arid fine, and of necessity 

 free from weeds. I tested this matter two years in succession. 

 A strip was plowed with the bar plow, as above described, and 

 an adjoining strip cultivated level with the bull-tongue cultiva- 

 tor. In both instances in a single week the difference was plain, 

 the corn plowed with the bar plow being darker in color and a 

 much more vigorous growth. We plow with the bar plow about 

 four inches deep, and run so close to the corn that you can often 

 notice the fibrous roots left bare. 



The double bar plow is now largely used for the first 

 plowing, and is growing in favor. The plows can be easily sep- 

 arated and used singly, as 

 they are light and easily 

 guided, so that they can be 

 used with but one handle. 

 With this plow properly ad- 

 justed, and a little experi- 

 ence in handling it, you can 

 plow in corn two inches 

 high and not cover up a 

 single stalk. Our cut of 

 the double bar plow shows it without fenders, but they should 

 always be attached to all plows which are used when the corn 

 is small. I think the rolling cutter the best form of fender, as 

 it loosens and cracks the little ridge on which the corn is left 

 standing. At the second plowing we use the bull-tongues on 

 the double cultivator, so as to level down the ridges between 



DOUBLE BAK PLOW. 



