The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-18
E. E. TUCKER,

FLOWING CORN
The following article is taken from
the Williamsburg Journal.Tribnne. OF
which ]. p. Gallagher is the editor,
and is not only timely but every word
truthful. With good seed, we'll pre-
pared ground, careful planting and
thorough cultivation the, yield of corn
can be greatly increased. $& ~t&
Y This is June and all through the
corn belt the work of blowing corn
win be- pushed with Svigor until the
whitening harvest. and the inviting
HAY demands attention. The work Of
cultivating corn is among the most
important work on the farm. The yield
at husking time is very largely deter
mined by the first and second plowings
OF the crop, so it is at once apparent
that prosaic as .'ploWing corn may APP
pear, it is a work fraught with great
Importance. Nor is there any work
on the farm that calls for more skill
and patience. When the corn is large
enough to be seen in rows, it Is del
icate bit of work to enter field with
two horse cultivator and travel many
miles a day guiding the gangs" so
close to the tender plants that tine on
coming weeds are annihilated, while
buried iby the upheaval of the soil. The
work is not to be called hard work but
1t is as delicately particular as. are
some of the surgical operations oyer,
which our good friends the surgeons
are likely to boast. To hold the team
into nice steady gait. to leave the
pl0wed row with scarcely trace of
.'rib" between the gangs. to break ev-
erysparticle of the soil right up to the
plant, and not injure the, same, is
task that calls for d high degree OF
SIKH, a skilkfhD must he born Of the
pride one feels in; doing a task well. I.
The second blowing OF the corn Is
fully as Important as that of the first,
as lit is on the quality of the work OF
these two operations that the field rs
to be "clean" or "weedy." A careless
ness IN the first and second blowing
cannot be remedied by the third,
fourth or even the fifth plowings, the
weeds In that RIB" are quick to estab-
fish their root systems, and once well
established they will he with the farm
ers all through the season 49,
The man who is really an artist at
blowing corn will use walking cult
tator, for the simple reason that it is
q walking job. No man can do the
work right when perched on seat and
trying to guide the gangs with his
legs; he soon learns the bother that
follows the covering Of hill--so he
naturally keeps lat such " distance
from the corn as will eliminate this
trotyble. The real corn plowert will
follow the cultivator on foot; this at
fOrds him that constant freedom Of &C
ton and alertness of mind that syn
chrbnizes with good blowing; he can
guide the gangs to the nicely OF
Enat's heel and, shohld hefcover q hill;
6tp from his toe ssbutt the Stpatter
IL an instant and the hill is saved. We
DO hot know who first conceived the
idea Of making riding cultivator, but
Neshave always associated the critter
with the superlative expression OF IN
ordinate laziness, slouchiness and SLOW
enlthess. Tie riding cultivator has
cost the Iowa corn growers millions
of AofIars, has faded many a faithful
team soI horses and has fostered and
encouraged a sloppy disposition in
work That calls for alertness and skill
Of the quickest and highest order.
During the first and second plow-'
ings, get into the field as early as pos
Sible in the morning. This is the time
to slay the army Of the weeds, since
the sun finishes what the cultivator
commenced. Weeds stirred late in the
evening will largely re-establish them
selves through the night, but weeds
stirred during the forenoon and early
Afternoon are put out Of commission.
The philosophy of our good old father
was that "an hour of blowing corn in
the morning was worth two hurs In
the evening"" and the rule is a splen-
did one to follow.
It's Ia long timGasince we trailed the
old Weir" Or .s.BIaclss Hawk" corn
blow, sbut weS hayes not forgotten the
art inswhich I'VE ONCE tit 4 pardonable
the time wten wf al bled along after
the double thove5; Ne bad ten years
to our credit, bu4waFe1hember field
OF corn more FIFE FROM weeds than
manytof tile fieJls &f Today with the.
(big LAZY l,tnmis riNnggup and down
The fisid, tis Who'll thought to save
S mapy weeds kssalble.
4 ~ e., n, ,sG iS,,..is
l Oral Mel lwai5, 10 lives in section
Z Paradise township, was caller at
this department. olHhprsday last, and
while herd tooY ofcasion to advance
his subso+ ptionSf Estwp years And of
course tlAt1fstened awful good to the
OF this sheet. Ora owns
nice 100 acre farm, and has in,40 acres
OF corn and so acres Of Spring wheat,
and II Uncle Sam still adheres to the
price of wheat Ora will get a little of