Show Freezing Harm Haim to Corn Depends on Moisture Ideal mature ears or of corn l contain from 10 to l 15 per cent or of water ears which are only fairl fairly well weB IOn ture 1 yet Jet are solid to the touch when handled contain about 30 to 3 30 per lIer cent Lars Ears which are still somewhat rubbery so the cob will twist contain approxImately 10 per cent while corn cornIn cornIn In the thc milk stage contains from GO te tc teSO SO per cent Severe freezing will hot Injure the mature ear car nor will It injure In in- jure Immature ears It if they are carefully care fully dried so that the they contain not nol more mOIe than 15 per cent of moisture Corn containing 40 to fiO 50 per cent of moIsture wIll he Injured by temperature temperature tem tem- slightly below freezing that thatis Is from 32 3 degrees fecs to 8 degrees Fn h corn with 8 to 30 j per percent cent cHt moisture will will willbe be injured by sonic some what lower temperatures about from 20 O degrees to 4 dt degrees rees Fahrenheit while corn COll with 5 j to Q per Der cent moisture will withstand cOld down to iG degrees FahrenheIt It is is app apparent r nt t then ten that s seed ct corn com to be J kept elt In nn an outdoor crib trust must be to fit at lel pcr cent of pt mois mois- tare In case It It Is to 10 be kept In hi un an attic or other stor ge room lher uric not h go below w wJ l J de de- grees above zero yern it aced not reach the same st stage te of dr dryness |