34 FARM CROPS 



the best results from the use of corn ground for 

 wheat, because they do not give this kind of land 

 enough seed bed preparation. It may be that one 

 disking is enough, but the chances are against it. 

 Double disking and a cross-harrowing will do the 

 work better and will insure the crop. 



If clean cultivation has been practiced, there is a 

 reasonably good seed bed, because the soil is com- 

 pact, mellow and fine, made so by culture in the 

 spring and by the cultivating tools during the corn- 

 growing season. If now disked and cross-harrowed 

 just before wheat seeding, so as to level and open 

 the surface crust, a good covering will be given 

 the seed, and just about as good a crop may be 

 expected as from land plowed and prepared for 

 wheat in the usual manner. 



The difference in yield, as a rule, is not enough 

 to cover the extra cost of plowing. Hence corn and 

 wheat always go well together; so much so that 

 the practice is extending and growing more popu- 

 lar. But if best results are to be secured, the soil 

 must be selected with an eye for both wheat and 

 corn and each crop must be kept in mind in the 

 culture of the other. 



