Re: More on checked corn

Posted by slowfolk on September 26, 2006 at 06:20:12 from (69.24.189.60):

In Reply to: More on checked corn posted by Nebraska Cowman on September 26, 2006 at 04:24:10:

I was a little confused when you said you used a "Hilldrop Planter". When I was young, some 52 years ago I used a Check planter (a horse drawn planter converted to tractor pull)and checked many acres of corn. When checking the planter would drop 4 kernel every 40". The planter was set so the row width was at 40" wide. This would allow you to cultivate the rows the same way it was planted and then cross cultivate at 90 degree from the planting direction. (if you planted the rows some what straight) One trick I learned was when you moved the check wire at the end of the rows was to try and keep the same pressure on the wire when pushing the wire holding stake into the ground. This would help keep the cross rows straight for culivating cross way.

Hilldropping planting was done without the use of the check wire and the planter was set so it would trip and drop 2 kernels at 20" spacing. You could only cultivate one direction.

Of course the planter could also be set for "Drilling" which dropped 1 kernel every 6".

Just my memories of planting corn before switching to the the 1960 era International 4 row planter which had the revolutionary "Rotary Cell" for accuratly hilldropping kernels at a much faster rate. (obsolete today)

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