CHAPTER XIV 



PLANTING COMMERCIAL SWEET 

 CORN 



MARKING 



ON many farms, a two-horse, two-row 

 disk marker is used to mark the rows 

 for the corn. This is a decided advantage, 

 especially if the corn is to be planted by 

 hand. Not only will the disk mark in one 

 direction, but it may be used to cross mark 

 as well, and at the intersections of the 

 crosses will be found the places to plant the 

 corn seed. Other markers could be used, 

 such as a four-row marker made of a scan- 

 tling with iron piping or post inserted through 

 the scantling, and shafts arranged for the 

 horse or one or two men to draw the same. 

 The marking should take place as soon as 

 the harrowing and fining are finished. In 

 the case where planting is to be carried on 

 with a corn planter, it does not seem to 

 be necessary to mark the rows, with the 

 exception, possibly, of the first row. 



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