You have to reset the stake on the end of the field you are turning around at. So, you get off and pull the stake , pull the wire over and reset stake at each end of field , put the wire back into the check row head and go. Then when the corn comes up you see how good a job you did of tensioning the wire etc. Makes it real interesting to cross cultivate if you don't do a good job with the wire. It was always a bragging point with fellow farmers on who did the best job of checking their corn.
My dad planted with a two row John Deere planter and a team of horses. The horses were also a bragging point. Dad fell asleep one time while planting and woke up when the horses stopped at the end of the field. Neighbor fell asleep and woke up to the horses going across the field in wrong direction.
We actually sold a few 4 row check row planters in late 50's, early 60's and I had to go out and tinker with one. Kind of out of my league to say the least.
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