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Re: Check-Row Corn???
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Posted by Wayne Swenson on April 27, 2005 at 21:21:41 from (66.191.70.4):
In Reply to: Check-Row Corn??? posted by KenSWLA on April 27, 2005 at 20:16:59:
The planter was controlled by a check wire that had knots tied every so many inches. 28", 30", 32" etc. the wire came in large rolls that would stretch cross the field from side to side.
The farmer would roll the wire out on 1 side of the field and stretch it somewhat to take the kinks out tying it to a special stake on both sides of the field. The tractor or horse & planter were pointed in the proper direction and the wire was attached to the trip mechanism of the planter.
As the planter was pulled it dropped several kernels of corn in the planter shoe and all of them were dropped in one spot when the trip wire knot struck the mechanism. ....X....X....X....X
At the end of the field, the wire was disconnected and the planter was turned around; the wire was re-connected and away the planter went. With a horse pulling the planter, it was a very rhythmic clicking sound; harder to hear with a tractor.
Farmers were very careful to get the hills of corn in alignment so they could cross-cultivate (this was before chemicals).
Your farming ability was judged by the neighbors looking for a nice cross-checked field. It was also very pretty to look at.
I tried check planting 10 years ago and learned that I had a lot MORE to learn. Longer rows & more practice would have helped, I guess.
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