54 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 
Last year we plowed nearly seventy acres with one of 
these built up surface plows after the corn had started to 
tassel out.. One field yielded ninety-four bushels to the acre. 
It was second-sod, having been in corn the previous year. 
These plows do better work than mower wheels, or plows 
made to run between the rows, because they do not cut the 
roots or bruise the stalks. Any man delights in running one 
because he is high enough to get the breeze if there is any. 
ta tin ae = Roe 
(Courtesy Tower Cultivator Co.) 
HIGH ARCH SURFACE CULTIVATOR 
Made especially for plowing tall corn 
We are not condemning one-horse implements that go between 
the rows. Anyone is making more than good wages who 
stirs the ground and conserves the moisture no matter what 
kind of an implement he uses. On account of this fourth 
plowing, usually coming during wheat harvest, we generally 
put the regular hands on the plows and hire extra help to 
do the wheat and oat shocking. 
Land is becoming too high priced in the Corn Belt for 
