2 i4 Wisconsin state agricultural society. 
So, it is of the utmost importance that the ground be made 
loose close to ^the hills, that the stalk will not have to draw 
nourishment through a few long roots that have succeeded in 
penetrating the hard soil. 
A skilled cultivator with a well trained horse, should be able 
to cultivate near enough to the corn to clean it of weeds. 1 mean 
what I say here , clean the corn of weeds , for no man can afford to 
hoe corn in this fast age. Yes, clean the land of weeds, for no man 
can afford to raise weeds in a corn field. A skilled man can surely do 
it. Yes; says some incredulous individual, and dig up the corn 
too. No, sir ; just let any man make an effort for one whole day 
in trying to cultivate near the hills and not dig them up, and he 
will be surprised how near he can cultivate and not injure the plant. 
Let me give a method practiced by me: As the horse advances, 
try to have him walk close to the row you wish to cultivate—if 
a right-handed man, near the right hand row. As the cultivator 
passes the hill, the last tooth of which should be run as near as 
two inches of the hill, press on the left handle, which will throw 
the cultivator to the right, and as it nears the next hill, press 
upon the right handle enough to throw the last cultivator tooth 
around the hill; in this way proceed through the field. It is not 
by any means a difficult thing after a man becomes accustomed 
to it. 
With a two-horse cultivator the case would be somewhat dif¬ 
ferent, but still, if the corn is well marked, it can be cultivated close 
to the hills. Corn should be cultivated as long as there are any weeds 
to be killed—even if until the tassels and silks appear. Such culti¬ 
vation will very materially aid in developing the ears, and bringing 
them to maturity. The last cultivation, the ground should be 
turned toward the hill, so as to hill the corn , for the reason that it 
will make the corn stand better, and it will cause it to rinen 
sooner, because more of the land surface is exposed to the heat of 
the sun than if left level. Corn treated as above will yield from 
100 to 140 bushels per acre if the land is good. 
HARVESTING. 
Corn should be cut before the stalks become ripe and dry, or 
as soon as tbe corn is glazed, and put in shocks of 100 hills to 
