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Fig. 21. — A sulky plow (for either two or three 
horses) used in the Central West. 
is planted in checks 3^ feet apart each way. alternating the hills 
with two and three kernels. 
After planting, the field is usually gone over with the spike-tooth 
harrow or roller, first before and again after the corn is up. After 
this most of the cultivating is done with the 2 -horse 6-shovel culti- 
vator (fig. 22). The customary 
practice is to give four cultiva- 
tions in alternate directions. 
Few cover crops are grown and 
the corn land is usually either 
seeded to wheat in the fall or 
oats the following spring. Very 
little commercial fertilizer is 
used, but stable manure is fre- 
quently applied broadcast to the 
land before breaking for corn. 
The corn is mostly of the yellow 
dent varieties, but some white 
dent is grown. 
The most prevalent weeds for this section are foxtail, quack-grass, 
smartweed, plantain, ragweed,- cocklebur. whitetop, and bull nettle. 
SURVEYS IX MONTGOMERY COUNTY, OHIO. 
The tillage records for Montgomery County. Ohio, were taken in 
the section around Brookville. in the northwestern part of the county. 
(Table XL) The soil is of a silty clay-loam character with a clay 
subsoil. The land is rolling 
enough to allow good drainage, 
but not steep enough to inter- 
fere with the use of improved 
machinery, and the fields are of 
uniform size and convenient 
shape. Most of this land is tile 
drained and only a few surface 
ditches are necessary. 
The leading roads have been 
macadamized. Good country 
schools are maintained. Most of the farms are rather small and are 
operated by the owners. They have exceptionally good farmhouses 
and outbuildings, and the country has a very prosperous appearance. 
A very uniform system of farming is practiced in this section. 
On most farms a rotation of corn or tobacco one year, wheat or oats 
one year, and hay or pasture one or two years is maintained. Some 
alfalfa is grown with good results. Considerable red and alsike 
clover seed is produced. Little or no fruit is grown for market and 
Fig. 22. — A 2-horse 6-shovel corn cultivator. 
