Show about growing corn A speaker at a famous institute said la in raisins raising a crop of corn it is as a rule economical to use three horses abreast abreast to the plow even with a twelve inch plow for one man will drive them as easily as he be will two and they will do one third more work to the hand a matter of no small importance in the outcome the same may be said eald ol of harrowing it if the ground Is not trashy requiring the harrow to be constantly lifted three or tour four horses abreast attached to double harrows will save nearly halt hall the manual labor in harrowing it the ground is reasonably clean and correctly checkrowed check rowed the crops may be harrowed twice once preferably just as the corn Is fairly sprouting and again the other way just as if it Is fairly out of the ground so the rows may be seen it if it gets higher a hand should follow each harrow with a narrow garden rake to uncover any upon which clods may have fallen in cultivating a good hand will cover but little corn and this he will uncover with the toe of the boot and generally without stopping the team covering the corn the later cultivation when the soil becomes pretty well filled with roots need only be shallow but here again the operator must be guided by circumstances As a rule early planting gives the best crop but a good crop need not be expected if the land is either plowed planted or worked when wet it sometimes requires con Eid Eld erable courage to decide to we wall I 1 when weeds are pressing when it li it a question of having the crops smothered mothered by weeds or of waiting we should take the chances on wet land than to wait |