148 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 
the ground is in. I run the dise directly ahead of the planter. With 
an average season this method gives me a good seed bed. 
I plant three feet eight inches by three feet six inches, and drop 
three grains to the hill. The corn is planted deep enough to place it 
in moist ground. I harrow as soon as the corn is planted and again 
after it is about through the ground. I seldom harrow corn after it is 
all up, since a number of hills are broken off and otherwise injured. 
I use a surface cultivator altogether and use the drags or floats the 
first time over. I cultivate from four to five times, depending on the 
condition of the soil. I consider the surface cultivator the best. It 
holds the moisture better and if it is properly set it will move every 
inch of the surface soil. I plow my corn until it is so tall that I 
cannot get through the field without injuring it. 
Yours for success, Cc. C. PAUL. 
Mr. Paul is a grower of pure bred Chester White Hogs. 
Pimento, Indiana, April 11th, 1913. 
Mr. W. T. Ainsworth, Mason City, Illinois. 
Dear Sir:—Our land is a heavy, cold clay and very level. We 
always plow the stalks under in the spring, since it makes the ground 
looser, adds fertility and makes the crop more easily tended. The 
ground is broken six to seven inches deep. Our method of working the 
ground depends entirely on the season. On dry, cloddy ground we use 
a wood drag, on nice loose soil, a harrow, and on sod, a disc harrow. 
We get our ground level and smooth before planting, and plant 
from two to two and one-half inches deep. If the weather is dry, we 
harrow before the corn comes up. If it is wet we leave the field alone 
until we can plow the corn, which is done as soon as it is possible to 
plow and not cover the hills. We cultivate from two to three inches 
deep straight through the season. We use dise cultivators altogether, 
and consider them the best in our soil. We cultivate three to four 
times, and stay with it until the corn is too tall to plow with cultivators. 
R. F. D. No. 1. GEORGE M. CUTINGER. 
Girard, Pa., April 28th, 1913. 
W. T. Ainsworth & Sons, Mason City, Illinois. 
Gentlemen:—In answer to yours of recent date, as to culture of corn 
will say that for corn I prefer a one-year-old clover sod which has been 
manured the previous winter and plowed as early as possible after oats 
