. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. ough a corn hillvery easily, requiring but a light blow to sever half a dozen stalks. Saving^ l^eed Corn.—A few rods square of the best corn should be setapart for seed, or a few hills left here and there of the very earliest, and al-lowed to thoroughly ripen before cutting up. Farmers have experienced diffi-culty enough with poor seed corn to begin to remedy the matter, and it can onlybe done by saving seed from corn cut up so ripe that f
. Blakelee's industrial cyclopedia, a simple practical guide ... A ready reference and reservoir of useful information. More than two hundred illustrations. ough a corn hillvery easily, requiring but a light blow to sever half a dozen stalks. Saving^ l^eed Corn.—A few rods square of the best corn should be setapart for seed, or a few hills left here and there of the very earliest, and al-lowed to thoroughly ripen before cutting up. Farmers have experienced diffi-culty enough with poor seed corn to begin to remedy the matter, and it can onlybe done by saving seed from corn cut up so ripe that frost or shrinkage will notdestroy the vitality of the germ. Frost will not injure corn after it has fully ripened. There is another advan-tage in selecting the earliest and largest growth ; by this means a variety maybe obtained very productive, and that which will be many days earlier than thekind from which it originated. Corn IIu§king^ Table.—As much of the corn is husked in the field, andin the fall of the year when the ground is soft, farmers should construct cheaptables to husk upon, to save getting down upon the damp earth, or standing by. CHEAP TABLE FOR CORN HUSKING. the shock and handling one stalk at a time. When stalks lay horizontally be-fore the workman, the job may be greatly expedited. With a light table, as shown in the engraving, easy work may be made ofhusking. Tip the table partly over sidewise against the shock; then reach out,take hold of the band and bring the table back upon its legs and the stalks withit. The stalks can be bound upon the platform as fast as the grain is removed. How TO LOAD SAW LOGS. 391 The table should be made of light material and held together by use ofscrews or wrought nails. The legs need not be more than two inches square,and the balance of the material three-quarter or inch stuff. One may be madeof round sticks where sawed lumber is not at hand. The chief object in hav-ing the table light, is that it can easily be carried f
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