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the farmer to be satisfied with three cultivations. Some years 
three cultivations are sufficient, but more often four or five 
will pay when corn is worth from fifty to sixty cents per 
bushel. The practical farmer realizes too well that he can 
hardly expect to have a loose mulch between his corn rows 
in August and September unless he works these rows after 
they are shaded. The great question at this busy season of 
the year has been to find the time and a method that would 
not injure the roots or break down the corn. 
Our first built-up cultivator has been in use four years. 
It was raised sixteen inches at a cost of three dollars. The 
work was done by the local blacksmith. We believe this was 
the first cultivator made to plow tall corn that straddled the 
row. Our new cultivators are more satisfactory since they 
were built up at the factory. There was no additional charge 
made for this and they can be used as low cultivators. A 
dise cultivator built up to plow tall corn might be an im- 
provement over the gophers for some sections. 
ADDITIONAL READING ON CoRN CULTURE 
The Farmers Review. March 15, 1913. ‘‘Some Corn Expe- 
rience.’’ A. W. Sarty. 
Twentieth Century Farmer. February 22, 1913. ‘‘Han- 
dling Soil for Production.’’ 
The Breeders’ Gazette. May 7, 1918. ‘‘Seed Bed a Factor 
in Corn Fields.’’ J. C. Hackleman. 
Prairie Farmer. April 1, 1913. ‘‘Getting Ready for the 
Corn Crop.’? W. T. and Ralph M. Ainsworth. 
Prairie Farmer. May 15, 1918. ‘‘Methods of Corn Culti- 
vation for Bumper Yields.’’ Ralph M. Ainsworth. 
“Corn Cultivation.’’ Farmers’ Bulletin 414. C. P. Hartley. 
‘“‘How to Grow an Acre of Corn.’’ Farmers’ Bulletin 537. 
C. P. Hartley. 
