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Show Select Seed Corn Early, I Hud It advisable to select ' ny scod corn nbout tho middle of October, Octo-ber, wilto u Whliosldo county (Illinois) farmer In Fnrmers' Itovlew. The genortl practlco horo is to select tho seed corn when It Is being husked. Not moro than ton per cent, of tho fanuors select their seed In tho field. Noarly nil tho formers, howovor, keep their corn unshelled. Farmers hero have corn shollors, which thoy uso In shelling their soo.il corn, nnd most shell off tho tips and butts to proveut thesd seeds from going Into the seed corn, and 1 bollovo this Is u good practlco. prac-tlco. I hang my seed In a woll-ven-Minted mom until it Is thoroughly dry, nnd then I tako It upstairs in the house und hang It In a room that ul ways has n tiro under It and the move plpo running through It. I recommend recom-mend this as a good practlco to be followed. |