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Show DEPTH OF CORN CULTIVATION Is Matter on Which There Is Net Per. feet Agreement Soil Conditions Materially Influence. j The depth to which corn may be cul. i tlvated, especially In dry areas, is matter on which there Is not perfect agreement. Soil conditions materially Influence this question. I'sually shallow shal-low cultivation only Is recommended and as a rule such cultivation Is correct, cor-rect, but there are somo exceptions, says tho Dakota Farmer. One dlfHeul-ty dlfHeul-ty Is to know exactly when the exceptions excep-tions occur. I One exception Is found In soils that are much pone to settlo too adhes-1 Ively, for Instance stiff clays. In there It may be necessary or at- least advantageous to cultlvne somewhat deeply the first cultivation that Is given. This, however, will depend pomewliat on th sl.e of the corn w hen j the first cultivation Is given. If the j corn has reached say a foot high be- ! fore such culi't'atlon Is given, some I caution uniKt he used about going down j deeply, as the lateral roots of the j corn will have pushed out far from the plants and not far from the sur-face. sur-face. If the first cultivation given Is deep, then the cultivations tht follow should be less deep. A second exception Is found In that condition of soli which not Inrre quently occurs In the west when a crust forms below the line of the shallow shal-low cultivation. This crust may be lower than some of the lateral roots. This brings up the question, will the corn suffer most by breaking the lateral lat-eral roots when breaking tho crust or ty leaving the crust unbrokfn. The best authorities favor the breaking up of the crust, and doubtless they are right. This can only be done If sending send-ing tho cultivator down deep enough to accomplish the end sought. There Is also a difference of opinion as to when cultivation shall cease. It would seem safe to say that It should usually continue longer than is the case In tho p'.-erage experience of the farmer. Hut after the crop gets high the work of cultivation becomes more costly, as It has to be done with a one-horse one-horse cultivator. When thus managed, man-aged, It may be continued until the forming of the ears. The objects sought In such late cultivation cul-tivation are two-fold. Tho first object Is to maintain the covering of loose earth so as to prevent evaporation, and tho second Is to destroy weeds that would otherwise mature. Wild oats, for instance, may germinate af-' af-' ter the usual time for maturing seed ceases, and tho same Is true of mus-turd. mus-turd. A corn crop will not result In all the benefit that may result from growing It, unless It Is kept perfectly clean. |