Show SEED SELECTED EARLY farmer may be reasonably suro sure of corn stand next year consideration of strength and character of corn stalk height of ear from ground and size of shank should de DC noted 1 ny by c r DULL BULL one of the main reasons why seed corn should bo be selected tod eat eaily ly Is to bo be reasonably sure it will grow the following year when planted early so BO lecter seed corn la Is ahn corn that usually gives elves the boat best stand aland without a good stand it Is impossible to got a maximum yield and it costs no moro more to rated ralso a field of corn with a perfect stand than it does to ralsa raise a flold field with a GO C to 70 per cent stand every good kernel of seed corn has in it a live though very small corn plant this plant Is tender and easily injured unless kept under favorable ready R ady to select from the standing corn when corn Is IB selected in this way one can consider the stalks from which the ears are taken as aa well as ears eara thern them t h v sol selves veit conditions condl tlona seed corn that Is not mot thoroughly dry before cold weather will in the northern climates freeze which will cause the kernel to expand thus injuring the germ or oil little plant lowering its vitality and often destroying it it so no the kernel will not gorral gerral nato nate few farmers i f orie one bralic f of shelled corn will plant from seven beveri to eight acres one hundred to lo ono one hundred and twenty so ao lecter ears will m make 1 ake a bushel of shelled corn at this rate it ib will take IN 0 I 1 X efrom from twelve to fifteen ears eara to plant A one acre it should bo be remembered j however that tho the first selection is not cot aix ys perfect and oftentimes upon second selection and germination test teat halt half of the first selection will be thrown out thus it Is seen that there should always be selected d in the tall fall at least twice as much seed as tho the farmer expects to plant there Is latt danger of getting too much seed corn any surplus it if the eseed to is good can usually bo be sold at a 14 11 fair price 11 in caso case ono one has no special seed plot in which hla his boat best and earliest matiang ears cars were planted it is then necessary that his seed be selected from tho the field the most practical method to do this Is to go through the field with a sack tied across ones shoulder and select the choicest and best matured ears two rows of corn may easily be examined at once during the be process of selection consideration of the strength and character ch of tho the strick the height of the ear from tho the ground and the size of the shank should be noted A stalk does not necessarily have to be large to be a big producer A tall spindling plant lodges very aas aaa lly ily the stalk should be of good size and strong at the base graMi gradually ally tapering and not necessarily tall strong vigorous stalks of medium height usually produce the best beat and earliest matured ears the car should bo be attached to the stalk by a medium sized shank which is long enough to allow the tip of the ear car to hang down all ears in a cornfield will not mature at the same time A variation of fifteen days in maturing of ears in a told field to is not uncommon one of the reasons why a good selection of corn cannot be made from the shock or from tho the field late in the fall is that one Is unable to tell the time the ear matu matured redL |