Show CULTIVATE COHN to 9 HELP YIELD thorough early plowing encourages plant growth and prevents soil crusting DESTROYS ALL YOUNG WEEDS successful growers favor shallow cultivation except where excessive rains have packed soil maintain dust mulch Wre prepared pared by tho the united states department ot of agriculture from the time of germination tu to maturity corn should be given acry every opportunity to make a steady sound growth if the development of tile the plants Is checked from froin any cause it may reduce the yield no matter how favorable the later treatment the most successful corn growers grovers realize the importance of thorough early cultivation tiva ti tiou in order to prevent any check in the growth of the plants because of weeds or crusted soil As a consequence of heavy rainfall the stalks may increase rapidly in height find and tit nt the same tinne time for lack of cultivation or of soil fertility or for 0 ther other reason they may be slender too tender or ot of poor color thrifty corn plants fire are thick strong and of dark clark creon color use weeder soon after planting horse beeders and harrows should be used when needed to break a surface crust check insect depredations or kill young weeds that start before the corn is up while the plant Is very small narrow shovels that throw the soil but very little should be used and fenders are usually desirable to prevent covering tile the plants phinis experience favors shallow CUM cultivation va except if excessive rains have packed the sou soil when deep cultivation will help to dry and aerate the aroun ground d in cultivating it Is important to avoid breaking the roots of the plants it if the plants have reached a height of 2 or 3 feet the soil in the middle of the rows should not be cultivated deeper than 4 inches and sometimes less for retaining soil moisture a loose sou soil mulch 2 or 3 inches in depth should be maintained the question is frequently asked how often corn should he be cultivated 01 1 A v t A A F A two row wheeled ruit cultivator ivator does Eff effective tive work the answer Is that it should be cultivated often enough to keep down weeds and to maintain constantly a loose soil mulch until the corn has attained its growth A 9 greater reater number dumber of will b be e necessary when rains tit at intervals of about a week cause the surface soil to run together and crust this crust must be broken and the soil mulch restored or evaporation will soon rob the soil of much of its moisture an essential object of cultivation is to restore the soil mulch as soon after a rain as the condition of the J ground ro nd will permit it if the ground becomes hard an and baked dry the crop will ill suffer greatly and aben cultivated the dirt will break up into clods many crops are cut short by stopping the cultivation because the corn Is 11 too tall for use of a two horse cultivator ti it if the condition of the soil demands it shallow cultivation should continue even though the corn is tas nailed to the handles will protect the hands from the corn blades iron mowing machine wheels dragged between the rows M riia sometimes greatly benefit the he crop saving of labor with a good riding or walking ing double cultivator one roan man can cultivate as many acres ns is two men with one horse cultivators this saving ot of la bw bor Is worth consideration a properly constructed wheeled cultivator covering two rows fit at a time one man has often aften cultivated 15 acres per day the shovels with which it Is best to equip either single or double cultivators must be determined by the kind of 0 soil oil the size of the corn and size and nature of at growth of weeds to be destroyed for cpr sandy land sweeps are in great favor find and tars fari from 6 to 30 inches in bilth tle 11 e sweep scrapes along through the soil at a depth of 2 to 3 inches cutting off treeda and allowing surface soil to pass over then them falling failing level and flat behind the th cultivator |