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advantages of listing after plowing, the loose-ground 

 lister has been developed. This tool is a two-row ma- 

 chine provided with disks to open the furrow, instead of 

 right and left moldboards. Moldboards will not scour in 

 loose ground, hence the use of disks. When the loose- 

 ground lister is used, the ground must be plowed as for 

 the planter, thus increasing the cost. The merits of the 

 system consist in having the corn deeper to stand the 

 drought better, and to be better braced to stand the high 



FIG. IO2 A LOOSE-GROUND LISTER. DISK FURROW OPENERS MAY BE USED 

 ON PLANTER FOR THE SAME PURPOSE 



winds of the fall and not become "lodged." The fact 

 that the corn is placed in a furrow makes it more easily 

 tended because there is a large amount of soil to be moved 

 toward the corn. In the moving of this dirt, any weeds 

 are easily destroyed. Fig. 102 shows a loose-ground 

 lister. Attachments are provided which may be placed 

 upon corn planters to give the same results. 



