Show CULTIVATE GOHN COHN I 1 TO HELP YIELD thorough early plowing encourages plant growth and prevents soil crusting DESTROYS ALL YOUNG WEEDS growers favor shallow cultivation except where esteg aiva rains have packed soil maintain dut dust mulch prepared by tile the united states department of agriculture from the blun of germination to maturity corn should bo be given every opportunity to make a steady sound bound growth if the development of tho the plants Is a chocked checked from any cause it muy reduce the yield no matter teatter how low favorable the litter inter treatment tho the most successful corn growers realize tho the importance of thorough early cultivation ti in order to prevent any check in ili the growth of nt tho the plants because of weeds weeda or crusted soil As it consequence of heavy rainfall the may increase rapidly lit in height and tit sit tho the samo same time tor for lack of culta cultivation vallon or oj of soil fertility or for other rew rca soil BOH they may inny bo be slender too tender or of poor color thrifty corn plants oro aro thick strong and of dark green color use ue weeder soon boon after planting HOIBO HOI BO anti and harrows should be used when needed to brenk break a n surface crust check insect do depredations or kilt kill young weeds that start before the corn Is up white while tile tho plant I 1 Is 8 very small narrow shovels that lint the ho soil but viry very vi ry little should bo be used and fenders itro are usually de desirable to prevent covering tho the plants Exper experience lenco favors shallow cultivation except it excessive raffis have packed the bollt soil when deep cultivation will viii help to try dry and aerate tho ground in ili cultivating it Is important to avoid breaking tile roots of tile tho plants if the plants imp haap reached a height of 2 or 3 feet the soil in ili tile the middle of the lie rows rowa should not bo be cultivated leeper deeper than 4 1 indies inches and nonie sometimes lose less por for retaining sell holt moisture a loose soil boll mulch 2 or 1 inches in depth should bo be maintained tito question la Is frequently aspired how often corn cora should bo cultivated 4 1 t 1 an al V ig b I 1 eszo oS Zo e A two row how wheeled cultivator doe doti I 1 effective work tito answer Is that it should le be cultivated often enough ellough to keep town down weeds and to maintain constantly a loose soil boll mulch until tho corn has bilis attained ats 18 growth A greater num tier of will be necessary when rains at intervals of about a week cause the soil sell to rust run together and crust TVs tills crust must bo be broken and uio the soil mulch restored or evaporation will soon rob the soil of much of its mol moisture sture an essential object of cultivation Is 18 to restore soil mulch as soon bom arter after a rain no as tile ho rendition condition of the ground will penult if tho alio ground becomes hard ani and baked dry tho the crop will surfer suffer gre greatly at and when cultivated the dirt will break 1 up into clods 31 many any crops are cut short by stopping tile the cultivation because tile tho corn Is too trill tall for use of a two horse et cultivator 11 ti it the condition of tile he soil demands IM it shallow cultivation should continue even though the corn Is tos too blocks In filled to tile handles will protect tile hands from tile ho corn blades iron mowing machine wheels dragged between tile alio rows will sometimes greatly benefit tho the crop saving of labor with a 0 good riding or walking double cultivator one inan enn can cultivate OR nn many acro acres na its two men with one horst horse cultivators tills this saving of labor li iq worth consideration with a property constructed wheeled cultivator covering two twit rows it at it time ono titan ims has often cultivated id 15 acres per 1 dor day the shovels with which it iq best to equip elther cither or double cul tiva tors tora must bo be determined by the kind of soil the lie size filyo of tho lie corn and size alzo and nature of growth of weeda to bo be destroyed for sandy land sweeps are arc in great favor and vary from fl 0 to 10 inches a lit in width the jl esip beep scrapes along through the lie soil nt at n depth of 2 to 3 indies inches cutting on off weeds ond and allowing surface soil to prisa pass over them falling level jevel and add lat flat behind the cultivator |