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90. Two-Row Cultivators. In recent years, many of 

 the larger corn growers have used the two-row cultivators. 

 These are certainly economical, as where the soil is well 

 prepared and the planting well done, a man can handle such 

 a machine practically as well as he can a one-row cultivator, 

 thus considerably reducing the cost of cultivation. 



91. One-Horse Cultivators. To complete any equip- 

 ment for corn cultivation, a fine-tooth, one-horse cultivator 

 should be available for use after the plants are too high to 

 cultivate with the ordinary tools. It often happens that the 



Fig. 25. The two-row cultivator, an economical tool for US3 in large fields 

 that have been well prepared. 



surface mulch made by the cultivation given during the 

 early part of the season is entirely eliminated by a heavy 

 rain; then, in order to save the moisture needed for the later 

 development of the crop, the surface of the soil must be 

 stirred. This can best be done with one of these fine-tooth, 

 one-horse cultivators that will stir the surface thoroughly 

 and yet not go deep enough to injure the roots seriously. 



