FARM PEACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. 
27 
tAvice with the disk, acme, or spring-tooth harrow, then with a spike- 
tooth harrow once, and the plank drag is used once just before plant- 
ing. 
Table XII. — Tillage practices with corn in Mercer County, N. ./., showing depth 
of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is used, 
and normal yield of the crop. 
[in columns 3 to 7 and 9 to 13 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 
farms: as, 1 = first working or cultivation, 2 = second working or cultivation, etc.] 
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7 
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3 
1,2,3 
3 to 6 
3 to 7 
2 to 6 
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1 to 4 
1 to 4 
1 to 4 
1 to 4 
1 too 
2 to 5 
1 to 4 
2,4,5 
1 to 6 
2 
2 to 5 
2 to 6 
2,3,4 
3,4,5 
1.2 
2 to 5 
1 to 5 
1 to 3 
2 to 5 
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4 
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1,2 
1 
2 
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4 
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4 
4 
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4 
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6 
8 
5 
5 
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6 
8 
6 
6 
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1 
3 
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15 
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16 
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3,5,6 
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1 2 
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6,7 
5,6 
6,7 
70 
20 
2 
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5 
6 
6 
5 
4 
4 
5 
6 
5 
6 
5 
60 
21 
50 
22 
1 
50 
23 
50 
24 
1-4 
1 
1 
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25 
3 
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3 
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40 
26 
2 
3 
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1,2 
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6 
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1 
1 
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49 
29 
5 
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1 
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31 
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Farms using, .per cent. . 
Average 
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18.7 
40.6 
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100 
31.2 
46.853.1 .... 
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a Roller. 
Nearly all the corn is planted level and about 70 per cent in checks 
3| to rt feet apart each way, with three kernels per hill. About 50 per 
cent of the planting is done with a hand planter and the rest with the 
2-horse 2-row planter. After planting, about 50 per cent of the farms 
