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Do you call it plowing corn or cultivating |
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Fred in Pa ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Hanover Pa. Points: 9210 |
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After seeing post on Disc - Harrow . Growing up on the farm it was always called plowing corn . So in your area do u call it cultivating .
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Don(MO) ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Bates City MO. Points: 6862 |
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We called it plowing corn around here and when I was just a kid running over the corn for the first time using the fenders in low gear it was real hard not to fall asleep and then it was plowing out the corn. LOL
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Ranse ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Mar 2016 Location: Tennessee Points: 775 |
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Corn is not the only thing you can cultivate. You can't call it plowing corn if it's tobacco, or beans, or whatever. I remember using the little disc up front to throw ridges up to the potatoes. I think those things may still be around. We haven't grown potatoes in years.
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Ted J ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Location: La Crosse, WI Points: 18930 |
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Yep,,,,,,first you plowed the ground, to turn it over.
Then you disked it to get the chunks down. Then you used a drag harrow to drag it down to a nice flat bed. Then you planted the corn / beans / tobacco / spuds / etc.... so you could Cultivate it, by getting rid of the weeds and piling good dirt up around the roots. We'd cultivate the corn until it was up against the axles on the CA. Don, it was a piece of cake cultivating when I was a youngster......you just let the horses have their heads and they went straight up and down the rows. Then we got the CA and I started that "cultivating out" of the corn!! ![]() ![]() Thanks for this thread Fred. It's like the difference in 'ditches' and 'sloughs' around the country! Edited by Ted J - 22 Nov 2018 at 7:52am |
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nella(Pa) ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Allentown, Pa. Points: 3117 |
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Dick L ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Edon Ohio Points: 5087 |
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Cultivate corn and beans growing up with two row (cultivators) mounted on the tractors. Never heard of a mounted plow to get the weed out between the rows of corn or beans. When I first heard of plowing corn I thought they were plowing down the corn for some reason. Like plowing corn stocks to fit the ground and sow oats. I growed ups dumb I guesses
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WF owner ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Bombay NY Points: 4979 |
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Cultivating here. Ranked high on the most boring tractor job list. I learned quickly not to look behind you.
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SteveM C/IL ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Shelbyville IL Points: 8566 |
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Cultivate..."cullivate"
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jiminnd ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Location: Rutland ND Points: 2292 |
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We cultivated, remember checked corn, cultivated four times with a WC and 2 row. Long days.
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1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner)
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Harvey/pa ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: York Co. Pa. Points: 1025 |
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All the old guys around here called it "working the corn" I don't remember anyone saying they cultivated corn and never heard plowing corn, of course Fred lived in the southern part of the county and couldn't get out over the hills till he got bigger!...Harvey
P.S. Fred, did you get it running?
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cwhit ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Sigel IL Points: 990 |
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Like Steve said, the T was silent . Biggest improvement was the AM fender mounted radio. Part of the reason for my not so good hearing today..
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Gerald J. ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Hamilton Co, IA Points: 5636 |
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In the 1920s my dad called it plowing the corn because the shovels went 4 to 6" into the soil and while cutting down weeds also cut away corn roots to the point of my dad observing the corn wilting soon after he had passed it.
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Sugarmaker ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8448 |
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I had never heard of plowing corn, but now understand what your talking about. We called all of the weed killing tillage "cultivating". Dad was moving to weed killers at about that time for corn. But we had to cultivate about 10 acres of Cabbage with a G and or a B.
Regards, Chris
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john(MI) ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: SE MI Points: 9262 |
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I guess we called it cultivating because we used cultivators!
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darrel in ND ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Hebron, ND Points: 8700 |
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Always been "cultivating" in my neck of the woods. Unheard of doing that now, though. All round up ready corn that gets sprayed. Darrel
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SteveM C/IL ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Shelbyville IL Points: 8566 |
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...so how many of you "old timers" harrowed corn? Dad talked about it.It would tear out sprouting weeds and leave most of the corn.That was in the horse days. Don't know that it continued in tractor days.The WC on steel could do so much more in a day than 2 teams.For the younger guys,you had to switch out teams every little bit/so often to let them rest. Took a long time to work a little ground. I've not been there but heard about it.
Edited by SteveM C/IL - 22 Nov 2018 at 11:21am |
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Don(MI) ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Points: 3860 |
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Never heard of plowing corn, sounds like it's rolling over a plow furrow and turning the corn under
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Galatians 5:22-24
"I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
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cabinhollow ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 24 Mar 2018 Location: SEKY Points: 327 |
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And the last past through the field is called what?
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ILGLEANER ![]() Orange Level Access ![]() Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Willow Hill,ILL Points: 6448 |
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When you cullivated it the last time, you were laying it by. I have heard people say plowing corn.
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Fred in Pa ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Hanover Pa. Points: 9210 |
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Dad talked about spike harrow for corn with horses .
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He who dies with the most toys is,
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Fred in Pa ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Hanover Pa. Points: 9210 |
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He who dies with the most toys is,
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JW in MO ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 Feb 2010 Location: South KC Area Points: 2660 |
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First pass with the cultivator was called plowing corn at home. Back before my grandfather had a rotary hoe he used a spike tooth harrow on hard ground to break up the crust on corn fields.
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cabinhollow ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 24 Mar 2018 Location: SEKY Points: 327 |
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Yes, here it was said "layby" but it would sound like it has about 15 letters. |
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john(MI) ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: SE MI Points: 9262 |
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I used a spike tooth harrow on my sweet corn. That was probably 20 years ago.I used the Farmall A I had at the time. It sure was pretty looking back and seeing those two rows all cleaned up.
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HD6GTOM ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 Nov 2009 Location: MADISON CO IA Points: 6627 |
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Both of my granddad's, one from southern Iowa, one from northern Iowa, called it plowing corn. We were far more modern in the 1960's, and called it cultivating corn, last pass with the cultivator, the corn was layd by.
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Pat the Plumber CIL ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Springfield,Il Points: 4904 |
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My older brother and I called it death by boredom . D-17 ser I wide front with front mounted cultivator. No power steering , did not look forward to turning around at the end of the field.
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You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails
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Ted J ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Location: La Crosse, WI Points: 18930 |
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With the horses, (Dusty and Babe) we'd still cultivate. Had a 2 row cultivator and the drivers seat was off set to the right side, so you were over the right hand side, atop the right row. When we got the CA it was like...........WOW!! I remember dad saying that NOW you can stay out there ALL DAY and cultivate. No more stopping and giving the team a break, especially when it was so hot. WE didn't get a break,,,,,,,if nothing else, clean the barn or get feed down. That was AFTER you wiped off the harness and took the harness off and hung it up and wiped the underside of sweat. Then you fed the horses so they could eat WHILE you were rubbing them down! The CA WAS easier, all you had to do was refill the gas, check the oil and grease it. Didn't take long at all, but I still like the horses better...somehow they appreciated you. The "Good Ole Days" YOU BET CHER SWEET ,,,,,,,,yep!! BUT,,,,,plowing was done with the WD45....thank God!!! That was one miserable job with the horses. I don't know how dad got the rows so straight!!?? I could never do that. |
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Roger (NE) ![]() Bronze Level ![]() Joined: 14 Oct 2010 Location: Nebraska Points: 186 |
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My Dad and Uncle always called it using the tractor mounted cultivator to "plow corn". This was in the 50's and 60's. And as stated in previous posts the third time was always called "laying by". Guess I figured these terms were originated from the days when they farmed with horses? As I remember, it was always "cultivating" to me. Once planting was done, one WD had the cultivator mounted on it for the rest of the summer and the other one had a number 3 sickle mower on it. Neither were removed until the corn was gone over 3 times and all cuttings of hay were put up. Running the cultivator was quite a job for a 10 year old kid as I recall. My Dad would get up at 4 am and head for the field and he, my uncle and I would switch off until around 9 PM before the tractor was shut off for the day. I usually had most of the day shift as there was hay being put up at the same time. Sometime during the years I was in high school (mid 60's) we added Char Lynn power steering to the WD we used for cultivating. What an improvement!!!! Also had a 200 series cultivator for the D17 that we could quickly install if needed. Since it was used for most of the other farming tasks the D17 saw very little in the way of cultivating duties. Apologize for the long post...got to typing and kept going.
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bigal121892 ![]() Orange Level ![]() Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Location: Nebraska Points: 811 |
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In our area, it was cultivating, with the last time called laying it by. Haven't cultivated this century. Best thing for the ground, was parking the cultivator.
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Calvin Schmidt ![]() Orange Level ![]() ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Ontario Can. Points: 4532 |
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In Canada we have different definitions and names !
Plowing is done with a moldboard plow usually after harvest. Cultivating is what you do to prepare the seed bed. If you are working between the rows of a growing crop it is called SCUFFLING !!! 60 years ago it was with a D-14 and a two row mid mount. Until 15 years ago it was 6 rows behind a D-17IV diesel and 500 acres of dark red kidney beans Happy Thanksgiving today. In Canada Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October.
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