The record., 1914-06-11
Cultivate Cera Well


behalf of himself and for his
own interest to cultivate his crop
well. Don't let the ground crust
if yon can help it, as crusting
will take out more moisture than
any thing. The ground will crack
ard let air and sunshine in and
drive out moisture which the
plants need and must have if
they DO well ard grow as they
should. If YOU are very busy and
can cultivate just as you would
like to do, just harrow your corn
broadcast. Go across your field
at an angle Of about 36 degrees,
(the harrow will shed the weeds
and stalks or anything that may
be left on the ground.) Better
by driving this way, and you
will rot destroy as many corn
plants. Some one will say. why
| don't want to do that; it will
tear up all of my corn. Nov, if
YOU think that. Just hitch UP
and drive out in the field about
100 yards and then go back,
count the plants and see how
many you have destroyed. 1t
won't be many. When you have
narrowed your corn well, hurry
up with your other work and get
it in shape, then get in your corn
field in earnest. Now, am going
to say something that you do
not eXpectme to say, and that is,
plow your corn. plow it good and
deep, put on bull tongues, and
let your double shovel right
down, plow it once or twice this
way. This will keep a crust
from forming just under the TOP
of the dust mulch which will
form if it is not broken. When
you have plowed your corn this
way and the plants have made
good growth, say about knee
high, get your cultivator IA
tooth harrow or 5 point shovel
and finish your cultivation
with the implements. Don't
break the roots after the corn
has made much growth. If you
do the root will have to heal be-
fore the plants will grow as they
should. A horse has four feet.
and if he had use for only three,
he would not have had but that
number. Now if the corn plants
did not need the roots they
would not have been placed
there by nature. So. let us not
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gravy, for corn will make meat
and meat will make gravy.
Just another word about corn.
1T is a rare thing that to replant
corn makes much corn. If you
will replant your missing corn
hills with cow peas you will make
more corn than you will if you
replant with corn. The nodules
that grow on the roots of cow
peas gather nitroge from the air
which they distribute in the soil.
This will fertilize the corn and
at the same time improve the
land. ! know a man who grew
last year, 1913, i'm a corn field a
cow pea vine that had roots that
measured s l-2 feet in length.
This vine weighed 4 "a pounds.
Now, don't laugh; if you don't
believe that just ask L. w. Irwin
the hardware man of Greenville,
if he saw that pea vine. Ask
him also if he saw a stalk of
corn that had ten we'll developed
ears on it which grew in the
same community. We, of course,
be very careful how we
tell this, else some one will say,
lam from Missouri and have to
be shown. This is the work of
thorough cultivation and not
breaking the roots of corn
plants.
Now, Just one step further,
and | will let some one else talk.
When you fertiliZe ,cur corn
you want to get the best re-
suits. In a row rs pounds is
just as good in my Judgment as
100, or almost as good. For this
reason. when you put all of the
fertilizer in the row, just ssthe
roots which follow the row get
1 he henafit of tho fnrfilizer and