PLANTING COMMERCIAL SWEET CORN 



the corn so it is in check rows. This is 

 quite an advantage, and as it requires only 

 one man to operate, there may be some 

 saving in the labor. These horse machines 

 would be quite advisable on the truck grow- 

 er's farm, less so on the market gardener's. 



The man-power, wheeled machine would 

 be more advisable in the market gardener's 

 hands, and less so in the case of the truck 

 grower's. The number of seed dropped 

 with these machines varies from 2 to 10 

 or 12, and as spoken of before, it varies 

 with the machines. It also varies with 

 the size of seed used. If the seed is of 

 uniform size and the machine is run cor- 

 rectly, practically four or five seed are 

 dropped each time. 



Each one of these machines opens the 

 furrow, drops the seed, covers the seed, 

 and several firm the soil over the seed. The 

 one-horse planter has the added advantage 

 of dropping fertilizer just previous to drop- 

 ping the seed. This may help in starting 

 the seed off earlier in the spring. One 

 peck of seed is required to plant an acre. 



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