The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1904-12-01
GRAIN IN STANDING
CORN.

1OnEN.
Il Is conceded by most farmers. thai
q crop OF grain sown In standing corn
is never as good as that taken from
fallow ground; II oftca happens. now
ever, that the farmer IL 80 situated
that he cannot cut up all his corn. but
still wishes to seed all the land. WHAT
then rs the best way 70 proceed with
wheat or rye? In the first place II IL
much cheaper getting In a crop on
such ground than the summer piow-
Ing and preparing OF failow; good
wheat raisers tell as that land TOR
wheat should DO sowed and WORKED
down several weeks before sowing
time. Now this Is exactly the condi-
ton OF corn land. broken In he
spring. cultivated during the season.
and then left In plenty OF time TO
settle and become fine by September
Is or 20-giving us then an Ideal SEED
bed encountered only by the standing
corn. To get the grain In properly
the farmer must have q good one
horse drill either I've or six hand with
a fertilizer attachment. Have q
strong, steady horse and give him his
time. put q muzzie on him TO save
wasting corr and use n short single
tree; II will help In turning. II the
outside row OF corn IL cut at ends OF
fields. With a good horse. a careful
man will do good work and SOW from
Ave 60 six acres per day. The drill
Is arranged SO Il can be widened or
closed 60 suit the width OF rows; IL
corn Is down or leaning. II VIII re-
quire an extra hand 10 go ahead ana
turn Il. BY using are and having a
slow horse. the drill can oe run very
close to corn thus avoiding vacant
strips OF land. or courre farmers
differ In their methods OF work; some
say you can count on n good
yield OF wheat on corn ground. But l
have raised % bushels per acre In
standing O and maintain that II IL
Is not the best way TO grow wheat u
Is often a very convenient way and
SO much cheaper. that one can afford
TO take a little less per acre. IL IL
often objected that the corn rows VIII
make very rough bottom IL lar Is
seeded down To meadow. but ind by
actual experience hat IL he com re-
ceIyes level cultivation at 1t should.
II the last blowing is shallow. and In
cutting meadow the mower Is run
with the old corn rows. you Will ma
very little trouble. Again ! think the
stalks are a protection to grain In
winter. FOR after being pastured by
cattle they are broken down, make q
covering. hold the SHOWS and finally
decay on the land. used TO know a
farmer who had creek bottom fields
planted In corn each year; he always
sowed rye In his standing corn early
In the fall, by which he kept his fields
covered. got q Il, Of pasture when
the ground was SO he could turn In,
and had a valuable coat OF green man
ure TO turn under in the spring for
the next crop and mellow the effects
OF the rye roots. In sowing grain In
standing corn, I would prefer that the
corn be planted north and south so
that the drill rows OF grain may stand
fairly 10 the sun and receive It's Ell
fects equally on both sides. II the
corn stands well. so II a be readily
done. a one-horSe drag or an old ma
chine wheel drawn through the mid
dies ahead of drill will smooth down
any chance clods, level up the ground
and insure the drill covering the seed
to a uniform depth. As TO amount OF
clean seed, kind and quantity OF fer
tilizer per acre. / leave that to the
intelligent decision Of each farmer
A. b. Milllgan, in the Epltomst