Show SEED MUST BE DRIED interesting and instructive data regarding storage corn treated with artificial heat in well ventilated rooms gave highest percentage of germination in experiment some data regarding storage germination and resulting stand ot of several farmers corn scattered widely over the central of df the cout country itry may prove helpful to our readers the fall of the beginning of the tests was ideal in regard to td ripening and curing seed corn the overage average germ of the corn secured then was per cent it ranged fidia ff kok ar cent for kiln dried corn to 3 38 per cent for or corn taken from cribs the following summer cummer the section suffered buttered a severe drouth witt an early frost froat much of the crib corn mildewed mil dewed the effect on subsequent germination was waa very marked the tha overage average tor for the next spring being only per cent the lowest germination 1 per cent was that of corn standing in the shock during the winter corn cured in well ventilated garrets or rooms made a good average and corn fire dried germinated 90 per cent A study of the records of many tests shows that seed corn dried with artificial heat in well ventilated rooms during the first two or three weeks at after ter picking gave the highest germination an average of per cent tor for the two years next to this to Is corn cured in furnace rooms witti with open windows where the heat was applied lately after bringing the corn frow the die field well ventilated rooms 1114 A method of curing seed corn which J Is in too commonly practiced the seed thus dried gives less than half the since its vitality la Is injured by undue exposure with more than one window gave germination of per cent corn cured under porches protected from rains gave 76 per cent corn in bar barns tool houses etc 69 per cent germination of corn kept in gra granaries narles and I 1 on windmills wind milti gave only and 34 per cent respectively i in this ibis study ot of seed curing much corn which was left lying in piles or standing la in sacks sacka for oven even a short time after husking was completely destroyed the only sate safe way ot of curing seed corn Is therefore to place the corn immediately alter after picking alering in a well ventilated room and apply stove or other artificial heat tor for from one t to three weeks |