Corn secrets . One at a Time.—Shell each ear sepa-rately, catching the corn in a basin or box. This makes it possible to grade thecorn as to size and quality of kernels. The young man at the right is examin-ing the corn from an ear. If the kernels are large, he will put them in one of 12 CORN SECRETS the boxes marked large size. If clean, bright, and of good quality theywill go into a box marked first grade; if not so good they will go into a boxmarked second grade. If the kernels are rather small they will go in a likemanner into a box marked small size. In case an ear when shelled showsa lar
Corn secrets . One at a Time.—Shell each ear sepa-rately, catching the corn in a basin or box. This makes it possible to grade thecorn as to size and quality of kernels. The young man at the right is examin-ing the corn from an ear. If the kernels are large, he will put them in one of 12 CORN SECRETS the boxes marked large size. If clean, bright, and of good quality theywill go into a box marked first grade; if not so good they will go into a boxmarked second grade. If the kernels are rather small they will go in a likemanner into a box marked small size. In case an ear when shelled showsa large number of broken, moldy or rotten kennels, or is inferior in qualityin other ways, the corn is emptied into a dish marked discarded. Plantgrade No. i first and use only what is necessary of the second grade to finishwith. The larger planter plates should be used for the larger grade and thesmaller plates for the smaller grade. The importance of shelling each ear separately cannot be too Fig. 7. Seventh Step. Testing the Planter.—After shelling fifteen ortwenty ears and grading them as described in the former steps, the two gradesshould be taken to the planter and tested with the different plates. If thetest shows that one or both of the grades are not suited to the plates, anotherfifteen or twenty ears should be shelled and the grades readjusted by puttingmore of the corn into the large grade, or the reverse. In like manner testthese grades in the planter. You will now be in a position to shell the remain-der of the seed and grade it intelligently. Testing the planter, as described^will require not to exceed two hours work. The right amount of seed and aneven drop are essential to the largest yield. This is especially true where thecorn is mostly checked and the crop is grown for the ears and not for the GUESS, know that the planter drops your seed properly. Fig. 8; Eighth Step. Getting Rid of the Chaff and Irregular Kernels.—While not
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