Farmall Super A cultivating corn

SATom · Dec 4, 2014

I am wondering how much field corn a Farmall super a can reasonably cultivate. I have a super a with cultivators and was thinking of putting in some organic field corn to feed to some cows and was wondering how many acres is reasonable to cultivate with this tractor and how many acres per hour can be done on average. I know a bigger tractor with a multiple row cultivator is a better bet but I am asking this because I already have the tractor and cultivator here. Thanks

IH fan · Dec 4, 2014

I think the most I ever cultivated with a C or Super C and a two row was about 80- 90 acres. Don't think I'd want to do more than 1/2 that with a single row. I can tell you the first time thru while the corn is small takes a while. It will make a lot of difference what you have to do in addition to cultivating your corn. How much time do you have for cultivating?

ljs01 · Dec 4, 2014

A quick calculation figuring 38 inch rows moving at 3 mph and 85 percent of your time spent with the cultivator in the ground gives about 1 acre per hour. That is pretty fast for small corn. If you do it for any number of days, you will see corn in your sleep.

kub6040 · Dec 4, 2014

If you have good fenders on your cultivator you can move but if you don't you will be in 1rst gear idling . Row width will make a difference in how many rows are on an acre but an acre an hour is my thoughts until corn is 12" tall .

Paul from MI · Dec 4, 2014

We had about 20 acres to cultivate with Dads old Allis B and a 1 row cultivator. Seemed like about 200 acres the first time over, idling along in low gear. Time will vary a lot. Figure the first cultivation at about 1 mph, allow tine for turning on the ends, etc. and figure out how long it will take for your acreage. Subsequent cultivations went faster, but never more than about4 mph. Three cultivations was the least I ever remember, do the math. Cultivating corn is a great time for introspection, and other brain games. It's a boring job.

gene bender · Dec 5, 2014

You can tool up the cult to do 2 or more rows. What is the row width of your planter. The veggie model for that tractor would do 4 or more. How many acres do you plan on raising.

IH fan · Dec 5, 2014

Depending on your soil type, you might consider a rotary hoe for the first time through... lots faster. Or, IH made what we called "rotary shields" or rotary hoe shields for when the corn was small. They were 4 (as I recall) rotary hoe wheels that replaced the standard shields, and as with any rotary hoe, faster was better. We used both a rotary hoe and rotary shields at times, depending on soil and weed types... they do not work on grass or deep rooted weeds, but they do on shallow rooted weeds.

bass · Dec 5, 2014

my dad and i farmed about 60 acares with a 140 which aint much different than your sa. pulled a 2 disk turning plow and a 5' disk.. its slow however it got the job done till i found an H with 2 row cult. and 3 disk breaking plow. what took us 3 days to break with the 140 we did in 1 day with the H

SATom · Dec 5, 2014

I was thinking of doing 20-30 acres on 38" rows and I would have a few hours a day to cultivate. It seems like it can be done but might not be the most practical idea. It may work for a year or two to determine if growing the corn will be worth it before getting more equipment. I have another type of belly cultivator attachment for the super a that I've never seen another one of. It's a one piece unit that looks to mount in the front toolbar extensions. It has 4 skinny tines with mini shovels on each side and a complete "u" shaped shield with wings that would go over young plants and completely protect them as you go. It would probably work great for the first cultivation allowing you to go faster. The shield part is about 6" wide.

Haas · Dec 5, 2014

On the farm in Missouri 60 years ago, we cultivated 40 acres with a super A. We tried to do it three times each season. The tractor ran from dawn till it was too dark to see. Dad would bring a 5 gallon can of gas at lunch time and drive while I ate lunch and took a break. Later my dad bought a C at auction that had a 2 row cultivator. I was thrilled. Turned out first thing he did was sell the cultivator off it! He liked to do it one row at a time I guess.

gene bender · Dec 5, 2014

There were several types of tooling that was used those "guards" will work just fine. Your cult could be tooled to do two rows easy as your wheel spacing can be set for two 38 in rows.

Frank Caldwell · Dec 6, 2014

The formula for how many acres you can work in one hour is:

MPH x Width (ft.) x Efficiency
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8.25

Cultivating is around 80% (0.80) efficiency.

Frank Caldwell · Dec 6, 2014

The post printed incorrectly. Divide by 8.25

The Dukester · Dec 6, 2014

Local IH salesman talked my uncle (my boss) into trying out a Cub cultivating and I, 16 years old at the time, inherited the "privilege" of using it.......I busted my --- to get 7 acres done in about 6 hours. Corn was 8-10 inches high, I could have ran in third gear with the H we had at almost 4 miles an hour, and done the job in a couple of hours, but the Cub could only pull the cultivator in second gear...about 3 miles an hour....lots of wheel slippage. Now I know an A is twice the tractor a Cub is, but one row is one row and after using a two row, a one row is awful slow unless you can run wide open in third with the A and then it's still really slow if you've always used a two row.

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