Show I DONT DON'T GUESS ABOUT BOUT SEED CORN COnK Seed corn fod planting planting- otTers offers an interesting contrast to that for the United States De- De Department Department De Department last year says of Agriculture From the standpoint of maturing m corn com the sum sum- summer summer summer mer of 1924 wa rone of the poorest in inmany inmany inmany there ther years As a consequence many was ever every indication ion that there not be enough sled seed corn to go o around in the spring of 1925 An active campaign b by the th agricultural experIment experiment experiment ment stations an and the Federal Depart Depart- Department Department Department ment of Agriculture aided b by realization realization realization the evident danger resulted re- re resulted re resulted tion of er very vert in more oed s s ed corn being field fieldi selected and dried dri dried I than ever before i weather Finally unusually favorable fa during September and October per per- permitted permitted permitted much corn to dry dIY in the field without being damaged ed for seed pur pur- purposes pur- pur purposes purposes poses Therefore an abundance of rood seed CO corn I vas as available for planting in in lu i In contract the summer of 1925 was unusually favorable for the rap rapid lI development of corn The cro crop went into September in excellent and the prospects for seed corn were the best Field selection of seed corn was put off in in man many cases because of these facts and earl early fre freezes zes oc- oc cured oc-cured cured before many many farmers had select select- selected selected ed their seed These conditions have ha to a prospective seed corn situation ne nex spring spring- which while not serious may be unfavorable Ill Iri Iowa for example the tempera tempera- temperature temperature ture during the last week in October was low zero weather occurring over more than half of the state Corn con con- containing containing more than 20 per cent of mois mois- moisture mois- mois moisture moisture ture is ruined for seed purposes when subjected to such temperatures Con Con- Conditions Conditions Con Conditions similar to those in Iowa occurred oc- oc oc occurred over much of the Corn Belt Farmers who who- did not have their seed corn out of the field before the first freeze should test it for germina germina- germination germination tion as soon as possible Directions for conducting such tests ma may be had from their State a agricultural ex experiment cri ment meat station or the United States Department De- De De Department I of agricultural A prelim prelim- preliminary preliminary preliminary inary test of two kernels from each eath cat of cars ears of the kind to be planted will show whether the seed can be 00 used or whether other arran arrangements must be made |