The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-19
INEXPENSIVE AND CONVENIENT coRNcRIs

cultivat0r without breaking down the
stalks. If the condition Of the soil de-
mands it, shallow cultivation should
continue, even though the corn is tas-
selling. A small implement with sew
eral narrow blades and short single
tree may often be used for maintain
ing q soil mulch after the corn is too
tall for the use Of double cultivators.
Some forms Of the one-horse cultivator
are especially adapted to cutting off
weeds. Blocks nailed on the handles
of the implement will protect the
hands from the corn blades.
It Is sometimes profitable to remove
weeds even by the costly process OF
hand hoeing, and at as late date as
the silking time Of the corn.
Walking Double CuItivator.
With good riding or walking dou-
BILE cultivator one man can cultivate
as many acres as two men with one
horse cultivators, and with the most
improved types he can accomplish the
work more easily and fully as well.
Because Of this saving of labor, double
cultivatdes should be used wherever
practicable. Two-row cultivators
equipped with four gangs of shovels
and drawn by three horses are meet
Ing with favor in the central prairie
states. AS one Of these completes the
cultivation of two rows of corn each
time Is crosses the field, one man can
cultivate Is acres per day. In many
sections it is often difficult to obtain
laborers when they are needed and, as
with these two-row cultivators one
man can cultivate as many acres as
two men with One-row two-horse Gull
tivators, their use is likely to increase,
especially In comparatively level sec
lions free from stumps and rocks
where corn is planted by means Of
(two-row planters. Some forms of these
two+row cultivators are mounted on
two wheels, like two-horse double Gull
hvators, while others made for plow-
Ing listed corn are carried on runners
or low, broad wheels designed SO as to
follow the rows made by the lister.
Three-row cultivators of this type are
used to some extent on large fields
free from distractions. Very stumpy
land or tall corn may necessitate the
use Of one-horse cultivators.
ShovelsS for CuItIvators.
The kinds Of shovels with which It
is best to equip either single or double
cultivators must be determined by the
character of the soil, size Of the corn,
and the size and nature of growth Of
the weeds to be destroyed. Without
exception, any form of shovel found
to do good work on one-horse cult
vator can be attached to a double or
two-rOw cultivator. In some cases the
surface cuitivatof does better work
than the disk cultivator which may
leave narrow strips Of solid soil that
are not covered with fine, loose soil.
All forms Of shovels should be so ad-
justed that the loosened soil will make
a fine and even covering for the harder
soil beneath. Shovels sometimes may
be modified at the farm blacksmith
shop for special use on river-bottom
land, where bindweed, man-of-the-
earth, and other vines and weeds are
hard to control. Sharp horizontal
blades at the bottom Of shovels strike
the weeds squarely, SO that there is
little chance for them to escape by
slipping by either side, as is 80 COM
mon with ordinary shovels.