MAKE PLANTING
CORN
EASY
You can
plant
corn easily
with
the furrower.
Just plant corn at the
bottom
and use chicken
wire strips
to
keep the birds
from
eating the ker-
nels
you
planted.
Support
the
wire every 6 feet
or
so with sticks and hold the
wire
down
with
rocks-see
Photo
6/36.
USE RAISED ROWS FOR WET SOIL OR
HEAVY CLAY
It's easy
to
make raised rows
with
the
Hiller/
F=urrower. Most crops can't
grow
in wet soil
or
heavy clay
conditions
because they can't get
the
air
or
nutrients
they
need
for
growth.
To correct these
problem
areas, make
two
parallel passes
about
three feet apart while the
Hiller
is
angled upward. This
will
leave the
mid-
dle area between passes
as
a "raised row."
TO
GET
BEST RESULTS FROM YOUR HIL-
LER/FURROWER .
..
Tines should be left on the
tiller
when using
the Hiller,
or
when
furrowing.
The tines
throw
soil at the
Furrower
and the
Hiller
wings move it
ahead and to
the
side. So, make sure
your
soil
is
well broken up and loose before starting.
If
you
plan
to
furrow
in heavy clay
or
tough
sod,
till
the
soil
thoroughly
first. This will make it easier
for
you and
your
Troy-Bilt.
(Photo 6/36) Make an
8-inch
furrow
and
plant
corn
and
cover
it
with
an
inch
of
soil-gently
tamped
down. Then,
cover
the
furrow
with
chicken
wire strips.
(Photo
6137) Raised
rows
help
in
wet
soil.
(Photo 6/38) Some
plants
don't
like
to
get
their
feet
wet-
"raised
rows"
avoid
that.
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