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Show Saving Setd Com. Farmers can make no worse mistake mis-take than to fail to save an abundance of seed corn oa soon as the corn is matured. If it is not dried as soon as fully matured and kept in that condition condi-tion until planting time, it baa depreciated depre-ciated from the standard of firat -class BQod. The mere aot of oiug through the field and aeleoting the fineet ears, tying them in pairs and hanging them up does not insure the beat of Bced, thouffh thrtaa tltina at-a imnnrt.inl More farmers fail to produce a good crop ot corn from poor seed than from all other enuBPa combined. We have known corn to lie in the ground for many daya through the most unfavorable conditions and grow at last in the moat satisfactory manner, while other seed, which had the appearance ot being oven better, fails to grow under the most favorable oircumslancee. Seed corn should bo thoroughly dried, even i the expense of a fire under it, which in tact would be very light compared with the increased in-creased value of the crop which might le produced by the expeuse. Our estimate upon the value of a buahelofaeed corn would be ranged according to the vital forces it contained, con-tained, and which can only be appre ciated by a farmer when he U,aj a crop from planting bad seed. When it is st-en that a bushel of seed will plant about aevon acies ot corn, it will uot need much argument to show that examples have not been infrequent infre-quent where ft hundred dollars per bushel for seed corn, would have been money in the pockets of many neglectful neg-lectful farmers. Seed not of tho beat under favorubln conditions will grow, but with a sickly etiort; not having that heal lay, vigorous look which results from tbe tide of good vigoious seed; ueitberdoes it mature so early or yield as well. It is difficult to cultivate tho land in a manner to keep down the weeds, in a poor and sickly stand of corn, bo ; that in tbe long run it costs moro to cultivate a poor crop thau a good one. In view of all this showing, it would seldom fail to pay each farmer, to use hia amoke bouse, or to prepare one for the purpose, hang up his corn aud give it a good amotiug. This will1 certainly dry it, which is of first im- I portance, and the coaling of soot or creosote which covers it do doubt pio-tecta pio-tecta it from tho cuauges ol temperature tempera-ture while hanging up aud from in- i. uu j.buicu. ii u jjtiiuo can be loo great in saving the t-eed corn; for a good crop ot corn ia almoat certain, cer-tain, other things being equal, with this plan etnckiy carritd out. The best aeed corn we ever aaw was kept in the way indicated above, though the method was not intentionally adopted. |