FAEM PEACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF COKN. 



19 



and Kansas areas a combined lister and planter (fig, 15) is fre- 

 quently used. A form of listing often employed in some of the South- 

 ern States, where 1 -horse plows are largely used, is to throw the land 

 into beds as it is broken and plant the corn in the water furrow be- 

 tween the beds. 



Table VIII. — Dates and methods of planting corn, shoioing the kinds of planters 

 used in twenty-one regions of the United States. 



[The key letters under "Region covered" refer to counties and States as follows: A= Tipton, Ind.; B= 

 Montgomery, Ohio; C=Mercer,N. J.; D=Moultrie, 111.; E=Tama. Iowa; F=KaIamazoo, Mich.; G= 

 Maurr, Tenn.; H=Hartford, Conn.; 1= Bradford, Pa.; J=Christian, Ky.; K= Hamilton, Nebr.; L= 

 Rockwall and Grayson, Tex.; M=Scotland. N. C; N= Augusta, Va.: 0= Waushara, Wis.; P=Bates, 

 Mo.; Q= Alexander, N. C; R=Oklahoma, Okla.; S=Pike, Ala.; T= Holmes. Miss.; U= Russell, Kans.] 



Date. 



Farmers planting — 



Farmers using planter- 



Aver- 

 age. 



Range. 



2-horse. 



A 



May 



9 



j; 



May 



11 



C 



May 



in 



D 



May 



17 



E 



May 



u 



I' 



...do. 





o 



Apr. 



15 



li 



May 



23 



1 



May 



26 



J 



Apr. 



22 



K 



Mav 



14 



I- 



Mar. 



17 



H 



Apr. 



i 



_N 



Apr. 



29 



o 



May 



16 



P 



May 



10 



y 



Ar>r. 



1« 



i: 



Apr. 



5 



y 



Mar. 



22 



T 



Apr. 







I 



H ay 



,; 



May 1 to 20 



April 30 to May 25 . 

 April 28 to June 2. 

 May 3 to June 14 . . 



May lto30 



Mayo to 20 



Mar. 15 to June 10. 

 May 5 to June 10 . . 

 May 10 to June 6.. 

 Apr. 1 to May 25. . 



Mav 9 to 25 



Feb. 25 to Apr. 25. 

 Mar. 10 to May IS. 

 Apr. 20 to May 11. 



May 10 to 27 



Apr. 15 to May 20. 



Apr. 7 to 30 



Mar. 5 to May 1 . . . 

 Mar. 3 to Apr. 5... 

 Mar. 1 to Tuly 21 . . 

 Apr. 15 to May 25 . 



P. 



ct. 



96.6 



65.5 



93.7 

 100 

 100 

 100 



86.7 

 100 

 100 

 100 



96 



41.6 



P. 



ct. 



3.4 

 34.5 



6.3 



P. 



ct. 



86. 2 

 3.4 



71.9 

 100 

 100 



96.2 



P. 



ct. 

 13.8 

 96.6 

 28.1 



12.5 



4 

 37.5 

 10.5 



8.4 

 89.5 



20 

 32.1 

 73.1 

 96 



12.5 



100 

 100 

 88 

 100 

 9.5 



39.3 

 50 



12 



90.5 

 19 

 8 

 100 



4.8 



3.8 

 100 



80 



67.9 



26.9 

 4 



87.5 

 100 



60.7 



50 



12 

 100 



95.2 

 100 

 100 

 inn 



16 

 50 



13. 6 



20 



48 

 14.3 

 4.6 



4.2 



2.6 



3.6 



38.5 



4 



97.4 

 17.8 



P. 



ct. 

 100 

 100 



53.1 

 100 

 100 

 100 



80 



24 



35.7 



81.8 

 100 



41.6 



64.3 



42. 9 

 56 



35.7 

 23. S 

 57.1 

 44 



78.6 

 61.5 

 100 



Whether coin is planted in checks or drilled depends largely on the 

 extent corn is grown, on the size 

 and shape of the fields, and on the 

 topography of the land. Where 

 the topography will permit and 

 corn is extensively grown, it is 

 usually planted in checks, because 

 it can In- kept free from weeds 

 and cultivated easier in this way. 

 Where Listing dig. H*>) is prac- 

 ticed the corn is seldom checked. 

 I f planted level it may he checked 

 or drilled. 



The kind of planter used depends Largely on the extent to which 

 corn is grown and on the general prosperity of the region. Where 



A combined lister and corn 

 planter, an Implemenl extensively used 



in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. 



