FARM PRACTICE IN THE CULTIVATION OF CORN. 
29 
land in this section is tile drained and the farmers have cooperated 
in establishing central drainage systems to dispose of the drainage 
water. 
Table XIII. — Tillage practices with corn in Moultrie County, 111., shoiving 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 5 and 7 to 12 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.] 
3 
o 
.9 
bo 
.9 
o 
ft 
o 
ft 
ft 
Tillage after plowing 
and before planting. 
Tillage after planting. 
w 
Harrow. 
M 
1 
1 
2-horse cultivator. 
T ot al culti vat ions , 

03 
Farm No. 
+j 
o 
o 
b 
ft 
in 
ft 
> 

■a 
> 

m 
4 

CO 
s 
to 
ft 
£ : 
w 
b 
ft . 
6 

bO 

ft W 
a 

1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
1 
5 
5 
4 
5 
4 
5 
6 
5 
1 
3 
3 
1,4 
3 
1 
3 
..„.. 
1,2 
3 
3 
1 
3 
3 
3 
1,4,5 
1,4 
...... 
3 
4,5 
2 
3 
2,4 
2,3 
1,2 
1 
2,3 
1 
"\,2 
1,2 
1 
3 
1,2 
1,2 
2,3 
1,2 
1,2 
1,2 
2,3 
2,3 
1 
3 
1,2 
1,2,3 
1 
1,2 
"a 
2 
~2 
2 
"3" 
"2 
4 
i,3 
3 
4 
3 
4 
3 
2 
3 
2 
2 
1,3- 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
.... 
4 to 7" 
4 
2,3 
2,3 
3,4,5 
lto4 
2,3,4 
5 
1,2,3 
3,4,5 
2 
3 
13 
1 
1 
9 
6 
1 
3 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
4 
2 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
4 
4 
3 
3 
4 
3 
3 
5 
7 
4 
4 
4 
5 
4 
4 
6 
3 
5 
5 
3 
4 
6 
4 
4 
4 
5 
5 
4 
4 
5 
3 
5 
55 
2 
50 
3 
o2,3 
■ 50 
4 
5 
4 
"4 
50 
45 
6 
50 
7 
60 
8 
1 
"2* 
50 
9 
4i 
3 1-3 
4,6 
48 
10 
5 
6 
6 
5 
5 
6 
5 
7 
6 
6 
64 
7 
5 
7 
5 
6J 
3 
n 
45 
11 ... . 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
5 
4 
1 
3 
4 
5 
2 
3 
4 
2 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
"1 
1 
.... 
1 
1 
"2" 
3,4,5 
2 
1 
1 
1 
2 
i 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

2 
45 
12 
2 to 5 
2,3 
2,3,4 
3 to 6 
45 
13 
40 
14 
45 
15 
35 
16 
2,3,4 
55 
17 
1 
1 
"i" 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
3,4,5 
2,4 
2,3,4 
2,3,4 
2 to 5 
1,2,3 
18 
55 
19 
20 
2 
3,5 
50 
21 
55 
22 
40 
23 
50 
24 
50 
25 
2 
1 
3,4,5 
45 
Farms using, 
92 
92 
32 
3.2 
76 
44 
84 
8 
24 
8 
88 
Average. . 
5.4 
3.2 
4.4 
49.5 
a Eight-shovel cultivator. 
The farmers in this county generally practice a rotation of corn 
two years, oats one year, wheat one year, and clover one year. Fre- 
quently wheat is omitted from the rotation and clover is seeded with 
oats. Still more frequently corn is grown for a number of years on 
the same land without any rotation. Very little fruit or truck is 
grown in this section and the corn crop is the principal source of 
income. Some cattle and hogs are sold. 
The fields are usually laid off in 40-acre squares and the breaking 
is done largely with 3 and 4 horse sulky plows. Generally large 
Percheron mares are worked on the farms and the geldings are sold 
