INCIDENTAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT 



planter has placed the corn, follow this by 

 going with the rows, and so on, alternating 

 before the plants have come through the 

 ground. After the plants are above ground, 

 the cultivation must be with the rows, in 

 order to stop injury. In the place of a 

 weeder, with some men, it is possible to 

 use a light, old-fashioned A-harrow, espe- 

 cially if the man is careful with his work. 

 The great advantages of these tools are 

 that they are widespreading and do not 

 require the hoe to be used on the corn 

 at first, as they cultivate the entire surface 

 of the ground. 



Following these weeders, an 11 or 12- 

 tooth one-horse harrow or cultivator seems 

 to be the best tool to use. It is questionable 

 whether it is practicable to cultivate corn 

 deeply at first. It has been my experience, 

 just the same as other men that have been 

 in the business, that shallow cultivation 

 with a fine mulch on the surface at all 

 times will give much better results than 

 deep cultivation at first with shallower 

 cultivation later. With the use of these 



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