FARM PEACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. 



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pends on the size of the lister, the depth of listing, and the kind 

 of soil. 



PLANTING, REPLANTING, AND HAND CULTIVATION. 



Whether corn is planted in drills or checks depends principally on 

 the topography of the land and the extent to which the crop is 



Fig. 19. — Planting corn in Scotland County, N. C, without the use of a planter. The 

 row is laid off with a 1-horse plow, the corn dropped by hand, and the covering done 

 with a plow, with a hoe, or with the foot. 



grown. If the land is level and corn is extensively grown it is usu- 

 ally planted in checks, as in the Central Western States. Where the 

 land is rolling or where corn is 

 a minor crop, as in the Southern 

 States, it is usually planted in 

 <1 rills. Where corn is planted 

 in checks more cultivation is 

 given than where it is planted 

 in drills. (Table IX.) 



The thickness of planting de- 

 pends on the fertility of the soil. 

 ( )n the most product] ve soils corn 

 is planted thickest. 



The hand labor consists hugely 

 in chopping out weeds and re- 

 planting missing hills. Tins is usually done at the first or second 

 cultivation. In the regions where crops requiring considerable hand 

 labor predominate, as in the eotl on-growing Stales, more hand labor 

 i- employed for the corn crop. 



FlG. 20. — A 2-horso checkrow corn planter, 

 for dropping and covering two rows at 

 once, used on level land where the crop 

 is extensively grown. 



