374 CEREALS. 



IMPLEMENTS FOB CORN RAISING. 



The principal implements for cultivating have been inci- 

 dentally mentioned, and it will only require a recapitulation 

 of them, together with the mention of some economic 

 machines for the preparation of the grain for market or 

 consumption. 



The planter about to engage in corn culture, will require 

 good plows, and it will be a great economy in him to pro- 

 vide himself with the best the market affords. There are 

 many good plows put on the market, each possessing intrin- 

 sic value, and all far in advance of the plows of twenty- 

 five years ago. A good steel mould-board, three-horse, or 

 large two-horse plow, capable of throwing up the soil to a 

 depth of 10 or 12 inches, is indispensable, and this should 

 be accompanied with a subsoiler. Harrows, rollers, and 

 cultivators come, as a matter of course, for without them 

 the soil could not be put in a good state of tilth. This 

 process is greatly aided by a drag, cheaply made, by attach- 

 ing three poles eight feet long by two chains, about three 

 feet apart. This drag, on rough or stalky land, will pass 

 over inequalities of the soil, and pulverise the surface better 

 than a brush or harrow. A corn-planter, if the ground is 

 level, should be in every man's possession who intends plant- 

 ing largely. Some of them make the rows, drop the corn, 

 and is so regulated that by pressure of the foot the amount 

 of seed, and the depth of planting is under the control of 

 the driver. The best of them will plant either in drills or 

 checks. A good seat is provided for the driver, and with 

 two good horses he can plant ten or twelve acres in a day. 



A walking cultivator is now being used, far in advance in 

 efficency to the sulky cultivator. It has four hoes, all un- 

 der control of the driver, and adjustible by the will of the 

 laborer. With it four furrows are plowed at once, and a 

 man can plow as many acres in a day as he can lay off 

 rows for in ordinary planting. This implement can also 



