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Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886
Zea Mays by Herbert M. Prouty, 1886, Page 36
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34 is within the memory of even the present generation, being to make a furrow, drop the seed by hand and cover it with a hoe. If it was desired to have it in rows two ways then cross furrows were necessary and the seed dropped at the "cross." A step in advance was to mark off the ground one way with a "marker" thereby making three or four rows at a time instead of one, then to proceed as before. The next stage of advancement was the use of the hand planters which dropped and covered at the same time, providing the planters were
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34 is within the memory of even the present generation, being to make a furrow, drop the seed by hand and cover it with a hoe. If it was desired to have it in rows two ways then cross furrows were necessary and the seed dropped at the "cross." A step in advance was to mark off the ground one way with a "marker" thereby making three or four rows at a time instead of one, then to proceed as before. The next stage of advancement was the use of the hand planters which dropped and covered at the same time, providing the planters were
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