Show CARE OF SEED CORN Begin Immediately After Gathering Gathering Gather GatherS ing and Continue Until the Grain Is Planted DRY PLACE IS RECOMMENDED No Loc Locality Where Crop Will Not Be Bettered by Thorough Drying Treatment Treatment Poor Poor Storage Will Impair Vitality From the United Stat States s Department of or Agriculture The same day that seed corn Is gathered from frow standing stalks stall s as they grow In I the field the husked ears should be ue put in a dry place where there Is a free circulation of air and so placed that the ears eurs do not touch one another This is the only safe way according according according accord accord- ing to the he United States department of agriculture which says that much good seed has hus been ruined because it was thought to be dry enough when gathered Many farmers think that their autumns are so dry that these precautions are not necessary yet there Is no locality where the corn cornwill cornwill cornwill will not be bettered by a thorough drying treatment If corn is left In Inthe inthe inthe the husk It may sprout or mildew during dur dur- ur- ur ing lug warm wet WI tv weather ather and It is more I likely to become infested with weevils Poor Storage Impairs Vitality The vitality of seed may be he reduced by leaving it In a 11 sack or In a n pile i ifor for even a tiny day ny after it IL has been gath gath- ered During warm fall days with some moisture In the cobs and kernels kernel tIle the ears curs heat or mildew in a u remarkably remarkably remark remark- ably auly short time The best and cheapest treatment immediately immediately im im- im mediately after the ears ear are gathered and husked Is to tie the ears singly on binder bimler twine at about inch eight-inch Intervals intervals In in- the twine being looped about the ml middle dle of the ears so that they hang hung balanced and horizontal Ordinary Ordinary nary nari binder twine twin rs strong enough fo Support from 15 to 20 cars ears Wire racks are fire cheaper in tn the the long longrun longrun ru run and more convenient A good form Is made from welded or woy woven n wire fencing the upright wires being beingS M S e s a Lo ti x a Eureka Yellow Dent Corn used as the hangers and the lateral wires cut off and bent upward being used as supports for the Individual ears The lateral wires about three inches long on either side of the main uptight upright are thrust Into the butt end I of the cobb These racks will last many years and are ore easily stored when not In use In use with the t corn upon them they ha have s somewhat l the appearance of ot giant fern fronds frond The central wire Is t the e midrib of ot th the leaf and tho ears cars of ot corn stand out outon outon outon on each ench side like the fern tern leaflets or like leaflets or a locust 1st tree Wooden Racks Convenient Wooden seed racks In la which the ears are stored in rows on separate shelves are convenient dryers and have no drawbacks In a dr dry breezy place although the air cannot circulate circulate late freely on all sides and dampness mn may he be held where the row of kernels rests on the wood Only during unusually damp weather er at seed gathering time will a fireM fire I f 3 k 1 M x t 2 H I I II iF Excellent Ears for Seed be ue necessary to hasp the thc drying Yet If heat Is applied in a poorly ventilated ed place it will do more harm than good If It used the fire should be slow and long It should be below below be be- low the ears with plenty plent of good ventilation ven yen above them |