[AT] Check planting

[charlie hill]

I suspect you are right about the row spacing Len.  I just figured that 30 
inches was the absolute minimum it could be and still work it with horses. 
Using 30 also maximized the crop population per acre.  42 inch rows puts it 
at population at 3556 or so.

Oh yes, I know all about breaking corn by hand.  Been there and done that.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Len Rugen" <rugenl at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Check planting


> I've never seen check planted corn, I've seen the equipment and used some 
> of it in "drill" mode.
>
> I'd suspect the rows were way wider than 30", I seem to remember 42" as 
> the number, but CRS...
>
> What was "good" yield in the years after the dust bowl?  I'd say 40 
> bu/acre might have been good in the 40's.  I would guess that there was a 
> lot of open pollenated seed planted.  We can still get that locally and it 
> will do OK.  I've planted 2nd gen hybrid (IE feed corn) for food plots and 
> had good looking corn.  I've planted open polliated corn as well.
>
> There was more than one seed per hill, the planter still "drilled" at 
> whatever rate, but the seed accumulated  until the knot on the wire 
> tripped it.  What commercial fertilizer was often applied with the planter 
> attachment.  Manure was used as far as it went.  After picking, cows were 
> turned in and hay even fed on the field for fertilizer (and weed seed...)
>
> Remember, they often picked this stuff by hand.
>
> Now there usually isn't anything over the field after the planter until 
> the combine.
>
> Len Rugen
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