CORN LETTERS FROM THIRTY FARMERS 159 
Unless the season is very wet,.I harrow down the early plowed fields, 
and do not allow them to stand until time to plant the corn. 
CorN CULTIVATION 
I use a check-rower planter and plant three feet four inches each 
way, and two grains in a hill. I do not harrow corn before it comes 
up, unless I think it will get weedy. I harrow the corn after it is up 
and a good size. I let the corn get a good height before plowing the 
first time. This enables me to plow close to it, and the first plowing is 
what counts. I plow rather deep the first time over, but when I 
lay it by I plow as shallow as I can and kill the weeds. 
I use six-shovel riding cultivators, and twelve shovels on the two-row 
cultivators. I prefer the two-row cultivators, if I have large fields with 
no point rows. My sons all use two-row cultivators, and do as good 
a job with them as they could with the single row. Those who have 
never used a two-row cultivator will perhaps doubt the statement 
until they have tried them for themselves. I cultivate as many times 
as I ean; three or more. I lay my corn by as tall as I can without 
breaking it down. 
Hoping I have answered your questions, I remain 
Respectfully yours, 
W. L. WOODROW. 
Mr. Woodrow is a breeder of full-blooded Percheron horses. 
Bolivar, Missouri, April 24th, 1913. 
Messrs. W. T. Ainsworth & Sons, Mason City, Illinois. 
Dear Sirs:—Our soil is not the most fertile soil in the world, 
but at the same time good management and a careful rotation of 
crops will bring good yields. 
I usually grow corn on ground that was in wheat the year previous. 
I plow the wheat stubble deep, (six to ten inches), in the fall and 
winter when the weather is cool. I then leave the ground until plant- 
ing time. In preparing my ground for planting I double dise with a 
sharp disc and harrow the ground at least twice with a spike-tooth 
harrow. I never drag my fields, since a big rain will cause the weeds 
to grow too quickly. I use a John Deere planter, and drop alternately 
two and three grains to the hill. I apply one hundred and twenty- 
five pounds of bone and potash fertilizer with a fertilizer attachment 
on the planter. 
