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Show GOOD PLACE FOR SEED EARS Should Be Stored in Well Ventilated Room and Not Touch Each Other Great Many Methods. (By R. G. WEATHERSTONE.) The seed corn ears should be stored at once in a dry, well-ventilated place, and in such a way that there may be free circulation of air around each ear. Do not allow one ear to touch another. If there is not sufficient air circulation the vitality of the corn is almost certain cer-tain to be injured, either by molding, fermenting, growing or freezing. There are a great many methods of storing the seed corn, but in all cases the place of storing must be dry. Seed corn should never be put into boxes, barrels or sacks. Few cellars are dry enough to store seed corn in. The attic, or an empty room upstairs in the house is a good place if it is not too warm and close while the corn is still moist. I irallllli Handy Way to Save Seed Ears. The amount of freezing seed corn will stand depends entirely upon its dryness. dry-ness. If thoroughly dry and surrounded sur-rounded by dry atmosphere it will stand very cold weather. If you have ever found yourself compelled to plant corn that was not fit for seed, do not be caught that way again. It is too discouraging to begin the season with poor prospects of a good crop. Get your seed at ripening time when the best quality is most plentiful. Get an abundance, enough for planting again what the high-water high-water may destroy and a supply for some farmer who may move into your community or for a neighbor who could not select his seed corn at the proper time. Save seed only from the most profitable individuals with the same care you use propagating your animals. |