Show SELECTION OF SEED CORN COHN IS IMPORTANT III I 1 ANT prepare for bigger yields by preserving supply proper way Is to choose prom from stand ing stalk stalks before first hard freedo avold large earl ears on stalks from tb the united states department ot of selection of seed corn now from the tho anding standing nn ding stalks ts Is one way and a very easy one to increase the yields next ator shortage of good bed sed corn in many parts of the northern states last spring emphasizes the importance of belne being prepared next year preparation 4 4 r 1 14 1 C I 1 field of corn showing good method of selecting seed the men aro are searching for plant plants that have pro deuced heavily under average condition conditions and in close competition with ler less productive plant plants in the same sarno end and adjacent hills begin now for the only proper way rny to select eced seed corn Is fro tho the standing stalks RS as soon as tho the corn and before the farst hard steeze helece plenty of enough for your own on needs for tv replanting planting it necessary one an to your icea less thrifty neighbors v ho may DIRY wait until springton spring to take their eli ances of retting getting good bool ked from ho the crib will chosen homegrown home grown sed of varieties of proven worth in the wm vom tp unity property dried immediately rr ter it bs bus been gu gathered and carefully curc fully preserved pres erred until planting time produces 3 the best yields As eoon soon ns as the crop ripens RO go tigh the field with seed bicking langsi dad bask the mrs from tho th stalks that h hiep tre tile th it lit vorn with out lating loving had special 1 a 01 DO 0 inte moisture uti ure or arold the large ears on stalks standing singly with an unusual amount of of space around them Pret trence should be given the planta plants that have produced most heavily in competition with a full stand of less productive planta plants late maturlo maturing plants with eara ears which ore are heavy because nf of an excessive amount of sap should be he ignored sappiness Sappl nesa greatly aa the weight eight and la Is likely to destroy tho the quality lu allty in the central and bouthern eon mou thern states all other things being 1 equal hort thick stalks are preferable short stalks are not so easily blown blon down and i erholt chicly ani thick stalk stalks are not so si aw j broken down and slid la in general 21 ar p more productive than slender ones the tendency for corn to produce suck buck era ra la Is hereditary other things being ciral eced seed should be taken from that have no suckers immediately after the seed corn la is gathered tho the husked cars should be put in a dry place where there la Is free circulation of nir air and placed in such a manner that the cars ears do not touch cath other this Is the only safe pro cedore good seed Is repeatedly ruined because it Is thought to bo be already dry enough when gathered many farmers believe that their autumns are so dry that such caro care la Is un seed corn in eiery local ity gathered at ripening time wll mill be berell ted by drying as us suggested if it left in the husk busk long after ripening it may prout sprout or mildew during warp wet weather or beco become m e infested with wells we evils the vitality alt 7 of seed weil lg Is often reduced by ravine it in a sack or in a pile plo for even a day after gathering ga daring during arm weather with some moisture in the cobs and ker kernels the eara ears heat or mildew in a remarkably short times time the beet best risible treatment lin r tely titter after catherine gathering la 13 to string the eara cam ordinarily the best place to hang strings of eara cars la to in an open abed or loft bilte U ire racks rocks arc are more conven lent tent and in the end cheaper than bind er twine such racks rocks may be made from electrically welded lawn fencing tho cutting ot of the fencing into seed corn racks la Is d ne vill without hout any waste only during unusually damp weather at seed gathering time will alre be necessary to dry the seed if it heat la Is employed la in a poorly ventilated room it will do the seed eara cars nore injury than good if used the fire should be slow long continued and below the seed ears with good ventilation above them after hanging in im the shed or aing on the racks for months the seed car eam should bo be as ns dry ns as a bone and contain less lhnn I 1 per cent of moisture they can remain whery they dried or be stored in anu bar aels boxes or crates during the win ter but in either ca they must nol not b to a damp atmore here for biloy will absorb moisture and be in aured bome farmers place the talor thoroughly dried seed peed cars ears in tho center of 0 n theat bin and fill mi tho the bin altz loose ry wheat |