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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
corn is not extensively grown and where labor is cheap, the planting 
is usually done by hand or with a 1-horse planter (fig. IT). When 
Fig. 3 6. — Planting corn by the modified form of listing. The row is plowed out with a 
shovel plow attached to the cultivator. The shovel is run twice for each row and 
corn is planted in the bottom of this furrow. By using a cultivator with the two 
shovels attached for laying off the rows, a uniform width of row is maintained. 
planted by hand, either a hand planter (fig. 18) is used or the rows 
are run out with a plow, the corn dropped by hand (fig. 19) and the 
covering is done with a plow, with 
a hoe, or with the foot. Where 
corn is extensively grown and the 
land is level, a 2-horse checkrow 
planter that drops and covers two 
rows at once (fig. 20) is almost 
Fig. 17. — A 1-horse corn planter, in use 
where the crop is not extensively grown. 
Fig. 18. — Hand corn planters, or bill 
picks, a type of implement used 
where labor is cheap. 
universally used. Where a lister is attached to the planter, only 
1-row planters are used and the number of horses required de- 
