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Show 1 iirntlata It, Cum Culture. A rjicikor nt mi low a tneetingof farmers farm-ers iiinorkeil that there nro four ewnii-tlals ewnii-tlals to tho production of first diss corn projier I reparation of tho noil, good seeil, uniform distribution nnd thorough cultivation. If tho surface noil Is roi-erly roi-erly eaml for, tho sulwoll will take care ofitMlf His u question whether mini-iu mini-iu r plow Ing Is go d w hero land must 1 subject to in tlou of mud nnd rain. Drill planting Is preferable, putting kernels U to 10 inches npnrt in tliorows. Drlllcl com will nntiiro 10 il-ij a sooner tlnn hill 1 lanfcd nnd is i iiler to huik. Iho ubjcetlon to drill cultivation of corn ou.ht not to bo considered, now that Improv ed tools ( xlst for tending it. In hill culture t hern can boiiountfonn Ity of cultivation ns ngards timo lie-twecn lie-twecn plowings, whllo with drllleil com nil can bo treated alii o, Thoilmiod Held should bogonoovcr onco in four da), before tho corn is up and ns often after that ns ioselble Tho assertion win mndo thot tho dn) of long ilntcd thovcls nro unmix ml, and they should lwilononvva) with altogether. Tho in-crenso in-crenso from shallow cultivation was equal to JO per eent. Tho odvantago of flnllovv enltlvntlon Is moro noticeable In n dr) tcusoii than In n wet ono. |