278 DRY LAND FARMING 



openings into the tubes not wanted may be closed by 

 covering them with a sack or some such material. 



Corn may usually be planted to the depth of, say, 

 2 to 3 inches. With ample moisture in the soil the shal- 

 lower planting would seem to be preferable. But to in- 

 sure germination, there are instances in which the plant- 

 ing would be even deeper than 3 inches. The more 



THE SURFACE CULTIVATOR. 

 Courtesy Deere & Webber Co., Minneapolis, Minn. 



light and porous the soil, the deeper may be the planting 

 of the seed. 



The amount of seed to plant will vary: (1) with the 

 kind of corn ; (2) the use that is to be made of the crop, 

 and (3) the normal amount of the precipitation. The 



