PREPARING THE SEED BED 18 
try as nearly as possible to have these conditions at planting 
time. Our success varies with the season and the equipment 
that we can put in the fields. 
The implements used are those most commonly found in 
Central Illinois, namely: two-row stalk cutters, single disc 
harrows (dise pulverizers), gang and sulky plows, spike tooth 
(Courtesy Parlin & Orendorff.) 
SINGLE-ROW STALK CUTTER 
harrows and a corrugated roller. All these implements, in- 
cluding the harrow teeth, should be as sharp as the black- 
smith can get them before spring work sets in. Five dollars 
paid the blacksmith in getting tools in shape will save many 
times that amount in horseflesh, besides doing a much better 
job in the field. 
