Show CAREFULLY LOOK OVER SEED corn should be graded before it Is shelled to secure uniformity in size and shape prepared by the united states department of agriculture shelled corn Is not easily graded and all seed corn should therefore be looked over carefully before the ears cars ore are shelled the grading Is done to secure uniformity of size and shape in each lot of kernels so that they will be dropped evenly from the corn plant er when it Is set for special lots of seed reed if the seed ears vary as to size of bernal they should be separated into two or three grades according to the typo of grain they bear these grades should be shelled separately always by hand and not by a mechanical eliell er and then tested in the corn plant r after finding the numbers on the planter plates which drop the kernels most uniformly each lot should be numbered with corresponding figures all this should be done when work Is slack in tho the winter and before the spring rush begins ile be sure there Is enough for two years planting you may need it yourself if the first planting Is drowned out and there never was a time when there was not a demand for seed corn known to be good |