FARM PKACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. 
19 
and Kansas areas a combined lister and planter (fig. 15) is fre- 
quently used. A form of listing often employed in some of the South- 
ern States, where 1-horse plows are largely used, is to throw the land 
into beds as it is broken and plant the corn in the water furrow be- 
tween the beds. 
Table VIII. — Dates and methods of planting corn, showing the kinds of planters 
used in twenty-one regions of the United States. 
[The key letters under "Region covered" refer to counties and States as follows: A= Tipton, Tnd.; B= 
Montgomery, Ohio; C=Mercer, N. J.; D=Moultrie, 111.; E=Tama, Iowa; F=KaIamazoo, Mich.; G= 
Maury, Term.; H= Hartford, Conn.; 1= Bradford, Pa.; J=Christian, Ky,; K= Hamilton, Nebr.; L= 
Rockwall and Grayson, Tex.; M=Scotland, N. C; N= Augusta, Va.: 0= Waushara, Wis.; P= Bates, 
Mo.; Q= Alexander, N. C; R= Oklahoma, Okla.; S=Pike, Ala.; T= Holmes. Miss.; TJ= Russell, Kans.] 
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May 11 
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May 17 
May 12 
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Apr. 15 
May 23 
May 26 
Apr. 22 
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Mar. 17 
Apr. 7 
Apr. 29 
May 16 
May 10 
Apr. 18 
Apr. 5 
Mar. 22 
Apr. 5 
May 6 
May 1 to 20 
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ct. 
96.6 
65.5 
93.7 
100 
100 
190 
86.7 
100 
100 
100 
96 
41.6 
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3.4 
34.5 
6.3 
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86.2 
3.4 
71.9 
100 
100 
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96.6 
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100 
100 
53.1 
100 
100 
100 
80 
24 
35.7 
81.8 
100 
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April 30 to May 25 
April 28 to June 2 
May 3 to June 14 
May 1 to 30 
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May 5 to 20 
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12 
100 
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100 
16 
50 
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May 5 to June 10 
May 10 to June 6 
Apr. 1 to May 25 
May 9 to 25 
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Feb. 25 to Apr. 25 
Mar. 10 to May 18 
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2.6 
3.6 
38.5 
8.4 
97.4 
17.8 
41.6 
4.2 
N 
Apr. 20 to May 11 
May 10 to 27 
100 
100 
88 
100 
9.5 
78.6 
61.5 
100 
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Apr. 15 to May 20 
Apr. 7 to 30 
Mar. 5 to May 1 
Mar. 3 to Apr. 5 
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Mar. 1 to July 24 
Apr. 15 to May 25 
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100 
Whether corn is planted in checks or drilled depends largely on the 
extent corn is grown, on the size 
and shape of the fields, and on the 
topography of the land. Where 
the topography will permit and 
corn is extensively grown, it is 
usually planted in checks, because 
it can be kept free from weeds 
and cultivated easier in this way. 
Where listing (fig. 16) is prac- 
ticed the corn is seldom checked. 
If planted level it may be checked 
or drilled. 
The kind of planter used depends largely on the extent to which 
corn is grown and on the general prosperity of the region. Where 
Fig. 15. — A combined lister and corn 
planter, an implement extensively used 
in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. 
