| Show TEST t HE SEED CORN Seed corn should Im ii h planted until It Il has been lloR tested t to what per percent rent cent will wIlt thIs U b i always It II Is I mure macre tubs jear than thun common for tor tho the that corn lo Io In nut mil lat fall atal cold colli weather wine cuInG ally early I earl elf i nut loll Of or a n ROM many inn ny or 0 coma com In III of ot tho state mate of ot low IoU of ot ceil corn In imi Inthe the tho west est loads leads tho the Ohio experiment ida Hta loll to that thal there will be bo moro macri trouble than usual this year ear car earIn carin In getting a i 1 satisfactory stand Tho The safe safo thing to ilo do ho III In to test tc t tho time NOd 11 early earl unit have havo plenty of or time to 10 look Junk elsewhere el for seed o of greater vitality If IC occasion lall do du I minds mantis the Tho station has recently tested eight lot lots ot of ot earn corn rn Including live IIvo va vu varieties riches Three of ot these theao touts tests were wom with time Iho same samo variety of corn lorn tho liia seed of which tutu hail been curried carried through tho the winter whiter In different im ways In n it large larce crib crim of ot corn MX sIx lx feet wll over oer overhead overhead head crib crill spread out In a 11 thin layer nn on the tho loon lone In Iii 11 a n room roam where tho the tempera temperature ture tur Will wis loin CO CI degrees to 10 72 12 2 degrees degree Of the tho I ho crib corn selected elected only 0 II 01 kernels out omit of IP III of Oil similar corn curn kept overhead In SI kernel kernis ger pr of or that subjected to 10 artificial heat heal K Iii out of ot 11 i This for to ci I Icorn corn which seemed quite mature maturo nt nl husk huskIng leg Inu lime time Of Ut the other othor earn tested tc ted choice ears cars sent to ti tho tic statIon elation In the tho pink Ink of cunil i p I tiomi supposedly no so until the time kernels I showed shoed ni 1111 low as nil 60 SO Sf per percent cent It I is quite JUlto probable that tho the low bow temper attire aturo of ot the early winter coming miming whim kernels and cob rob yet yot ot contained much mo moturo mol moI turo tore Is for eor this stain of af nt affair affaIrs faIrs fair faIrsA fairA A convenient way ac n to test corn Is bo bOo I I I sheets of ot moist mol l maer or cloth placed fI In 11 n a 1 box 10 of o suitable H lois loin olK may he bo tested at lit m more macro easily II thiu mm when W planted In wind Simply keep the tho mosli and when the tho th doe loss not nol nil full below b low M W s decrees It should silt nil In tn from roam four to eight days tin do le h upon tho ho sort of corn torn weather wrothel l In this thU way lIa ea It In ii possible to 0 ex cx x limo tho progress of ot thin There Thero are different degrees of ot vitality In corn enn hull will vill germinate Many tami of tf tim III weak stalks which produce II a nubbin mum or nr nothing at nt nil all n II sari from rein seed of ot hardy barely enough vitality to 10 Ret get above the ground Hoed Recil that will wIlt grow fairly well when conditions Q are favorable at nt cc time will not If IC cold told damp weather happens to prevail If Jf IHO Ulle only on such seed secil as M has hl large blight bright looking germs genus tWill Wrinkled semis Kerms hav likely been cen Injured by I y Plumpness at lit tho the tip tipIs tipIs Is nn of ot vitality 11 t Thin Thill shrunken kernels chart pointed tips IK bo rejected n its 1111 well veIl ns nil those thoM having an nn of ot soft white starch at nl either crown or ur r tip tim I hD helm ro seed need rum corn Is III worth much mooch more moro than anyone thinks of ot asking for It Poor Joor should be bo classed with ith the Ihl luxuries m which no nil corn farmer CUll can afford Ohio Experiment Station |
