[AT] Checked rows - Corn planting?

[ironman1962 at earthlink.net]

 Tobacco was set that way  around here before the mechanical transplanters 
were affordable. The old timers would pull a corn planter both ways with 
mules, just before a rain. Then one drop plants on each X and another follow 
with a peg that way water on the newly set tobacco was taken care of. Reason 
being the fertlizer was in the right place as it was put in with the 
planter. I belive in order to plant corn to cult on diagonal it would 
require a similar plan ? And not very many people going to do that now days. 
I  have pegged in a small bottom wher it was easier to do it by hand then 
turn around every 40` about 1/2 acre . As it was a good place to grow big 
tobacco, but it was never  set to cult just one way to keep down erosion. 
And now my back wouldnt hold out.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 5:18 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Checked rows - Corn planting?


>> As a youngster on the farm I have a lot of memories of the issues related 
>> to
>> planting corn in checked 40" or 42" rows so that the rows could be
>> cultivated both ways. But I have no recollection of ever cultivating at a
>> diagonal. Was this ever done in any part of the country?  I would think 
>> it
>> would have required completely different settings on the rear wheels of 
>> the
>> tractor and cultivator. And not be all that beneficial anyway.
>
>
> We cultivated across the rows but it was not the same. You had
> to be on your toes all the time looking for hills that were just enough
> out of line to make it thru the shields on the cultivators. I never
> heard of anyone who cultivated on the diagonal although you could see
> the diagonal paths as you went along. It was bad enough doing the cross
> cultivating without getting into diagonals.  grins.
>
> Cecil
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