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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



corn is not extensively grown and where labor is cheap, the planting 

 is usually done by hand or with a 1-horse planter (fig. IT). When 



Fig. 16. — Planting corn by the modified form of listing. The row is plowed out with a 

 shovel plow attached to the cultivator. The shovel is run twice for each row and 

 corn is planted in the bottom of this furrow. By using a cultivator with the two 

 shovels attached for laying off the rows, a uniform width of row is maintained. 



planted by hand, either a hand planter (fig. 18) is used or the rows 

 are run out with a plow, the corn dropped by hand (fig. 19) and the 

 covering is done with a plow, with 

 a hoe, or with the foot. Where 

 corn is extensively grown and the 

 land is level, a 2-horse checkrow 

 planter that drops and covers two 

 rows at once (fig. 20) is almost 



Fig. 17. — A 1-horse corn planter, in use 

 where the crop is not extensively grown. 



Fig. 18. — Hand corn planters, or bill 

 picks, a type of implement used 

 where labor is cheap. 



universally used. Where a lister is attached to the planter, only 

 1-row planters are used and the number of horses required de- 



