The Billings gazette., 1899-05-26
PLANTING AND LISTING.
| A Kansas Farmers Opinion of Their
| Comparative Merits.

A Kansas Farmers Opinion of Their
Comparative Merits.
The radically different views existing
on the subject Of planting or listing
corn can probably be in part accounted
for by differences in soil and climate
Their comparative advantages seem to
be quite fairly stated by Kansas cor
respondent in the Iowa Homestead, as
follows: In some kinds of soil corn does
better planted, while in other varieties
it does better listed. A person must use
his own judgment AS to what method he
should use on his farm. My idea for
planting corn is to plow the ground
deep i'll the fall if posi- BILE; in the spring
cut it up with disk or cultivator if
the ground has run together and become
hard in winter. Run harrow in front
OF the planter SO that the corn may be
put in at a uniform depth; if planted
early, two inches deep, SO that should
cold rain come it will not rot the kernel
before it sprouts. After grain of corn
once sprouts it will stand lot of wet
weather. as
One advantage of planted corn over
listed is that as rule you can plant
from two to three weeks earlier on ac-
count of the ground being warmer near
the surface, even if the ground is plow
ed in the spring. Another advantage is
you may check it SO it can be plowed
both ways and thereby clean the rows
of grass or weeds both ways. Still an
other advantage is, you are more apt to
get stand during a wet spring, as the
water will either wash out listed rows
or stand in them and rot the corn. Here.
in eastern Kansas, we are hindered very
much with wet weather during corn
planting time. Very often the ground
barely gets dry enough to plant one
day or perhaps only half day before
another rain comes which makes it very
hard to get stand. We have tried fol-
lowing the planter with cultivator,
opening up the burrows between the
rows that the water might drain away
from the row, and have been well salts
fed with the result
Now, one advantage of listed corn is
that you can put the crop in faster and
probably tend few more acres. l
think the ground should be thrown up
in ridges in the fall with the lister,
that the ground may freeze deeper dur
ing the winter and dry off better in the
spring Then after the time comes to
list in the spring take the lister and
split the ridges, following the lister
with a one horse drill that will cover
the corn and leave small ridge over
the grain so small shower of rain will
not break the ground on the corn, but
settle on each side.
Another advantage of listed corn is
that Vie weed seed is all thrown from
near where the corn is planted, and the
corn has chance to get started with
out being choked out by weeds. Then
You have plenty of dirt handy to throw
around your corn as it grows, covering
the roots deep so that it will stand dry
weather better.
have cultivated both planted and
listed corn and would much rather
cultivate the listed. as the horses will
soon learn to follow the ridgSs without
driving, and after the cultivator is set |
right it is easier handled We are un.
der the impression that listing is all |
right where there is sandy subsoil,
but when the subsoil is hard and doesn't |
let the water down very fast we would |
planting.
What a Sheep Trough OUGHT to BE.