UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 320 



Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 WM. A. TAYLOR, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



January 24, 1916 



FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION 



OF CORN 



By 



H. R. CATES, Scientific Assistant 

 Office of Farm Management 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 1 



General Statement 3 



Economic Factors Influencing Tillage . 8 



Acreage and Crop Yields 10 



Subsoiling, Drainage, and Tillage before 



Plowing 11 



Plowing 13 



Tillage Implements Used after Plowing 

 and before Planting 17 



Methods of Planting and Kinds of Plant- 

 ers Used . 18 



Planting, Replanting, and Hand Cultiva- 

 tion 21 



General Farm Practices and Conditions 22 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1916 



