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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 38
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36 fact have it in rows most any way you wish to look. Thus a man and team can plant from ten to fifteen acres per day" It might seem that with this the limit of perfection in the art of corn planting had been reached but still the march is onward. There is now a machine called the Lister, by means of which the ground is plowed, the seed dropped, covered and rolled at he same time. But the Lister drills the seed instead of "checking" it. Such has been the advancement in the art of corn planting once so long and arduous a task.
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36 fact have it in rows most any way you wish to look. Thus a man and team can plant from ten to fifteen acres per day" It might seem that with this the limit of perfection in the art of corn planting had been reached but still the march is onward. There is now a machine called the Lister, by means of which the ground is plowed, the seed dropped, covered and rolled at he same time. But the Lister drills the seed instead of "checking" it. Such has been the advancement in the art of corn planting once so long and arduous a task.
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