A matter of inches.

I have an old two row 3 point Row crop cultivator that was made in the 40's . What was the average spacing between rows back in that era? This one is currently set at 42 inches . I haven't done anything with it yet , but it's on my to do list for restoring when the snow starts to blow and outside chours are at a minimum. Just curious .
 
Yep, a lot of cross-checked corn was on 42" rows.

We had two bachelor brothers in the neighborhood that still planted cross-checked corn into the late 70s.

Larry
 
I thank you for the positive feedback . How I know that I can break it down, take it to bare metal, and bring it back to original condition including the row width.
 
Remember to use your new plow in your garden or truck patch, you are going to have to widen out the wheels on your tractor, this might be no
problem for you , but can be a problem, if you are not set up to reverse those heavy rear wheels,

I have a two row cultivator, use it to work up the soil an level with, does a good job,
but for my general cultivation work I use my one row cultivator, one row hiller and bar out plow,
that way I keep my row width at 42" and the tractor rear tires have plenty of room as the crops grow,
And I do not have to move those tires in/out,

My two row John Deere corn drill is set at a 42" row width, as I use it to plant corn and lay off the rows in the garden, so far it works fairly well if
you do not have all that much to plant,
 
42" was normal with some 44" up untill early 1900's when 40" became normal and checking could be done down to 36" rows, just had to have the correct wire. And corn checked on 36" would yield more than corn checked on 42" because it would give you more plants per acre. Black Hawk planters would only go to about 38" to 44", Deere 999 from 36" to 42"
 
We always made sure when we picked corn by hand that we had Dolly next to unpicked row and Prince on the picked side. Prince was too prone to grabbing an ear of corn every few feet (he was prone to over-eating) and Dolly was too dumb to realize that she could reach out and grab an ear of corn. Prince and Dolly were Dad's last ream of grayish-white Percherons.
 
I think that most of the ones that planted in 42" rows later did not realize that they could set the planters to 40" rows or the cultivators at 40" and get more yield as the 40" rows would give more plants per acre and was still far enough apart that it did not diminish the size or amount of ears.
 

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