Show BEST SEED CORN EASILY CAN BE OBTAINED r ROM PROM J STALKS AT A rv HOME select F from rom own patch ears of type desired the home gardener who does not select his own seed corn from his own awu patch Is missing some of the pleasure of gardening say specialists at the new york state college of agriculture nt at cornell but they add that one should know just what type and characteristics lie wishes to perpetuate in his corn patch and then use care lu in selecting and gathering the seed ears cars those who wish earliness earll ness for example mark the stalks which produce the earliest ears cars of the correct type and also the earliest iud best ears eara on these stalks these ears are allowed to mature on the stalks and then are picked with the husks on hung up to dry in tin nu atry airy place away from rats and birds and left there until winter or early spring after they are cured the ears are sorted and only those these of the most uniform type share and size are used for seed the best ears are we well I 1 filled solid with good kernels and well dried the college says pays shelling Is usually done by hand and the kernels kels from the butts butt or tips thrown away befogs li shelling belling sev era erol kernels from each ear should be tested for or germination when one has developed the type it Is well to pro duce at least twice as much seed as will bo be necessary for home planting something may happen to the crop the nettye next yew r kind and this extra seed can be carried over continued selection and careful growing will be necessary it the desired characteristics are maintained bained |