. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. STORING SEED CORN 103 and hung them over a wire or rail. Others stripped all the husks off, tied two or more ears together and hung them up. With the increased interest in seed corn, many dealers thought that they had hit upon an ideal plan when the light wooden racks were built and the ears laid in tiers horizontally. But, because of the moisture and the subsequent heating, the kernels were either molded or sprouted. Seed corn
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. STORING SEED CORN 103 and hung them over a wire or rail. Others stripped all the husks off, tied two or more ears together and hung them up. With the increased interest in seed corn, many dealers thought that they had hit upon an ideal plan when the light wooden racks were built and the ears laid in tiers horizontally. But, because of the moisture and the subsequent heating, the kernels were either molded or sprouted. Seed corn which has just been husked requires just one thing. It must have a very free circulation of air at ordinary temperatures. That is to say, each ear must have access to a complete circulation of air in order that its excess of contained mois- ture may evaporate rapidly enough to prevent fungus growths and chemical changes in the kernels. Different Experiment Stations recommend several devices and methods which accomplish the desired results with varying degrees of satisfaction. Wire racks with both horizontal and vertical strands, thus separating each ear into a sort of pigeonhole, are made by some manufacturers and sold on the market. Some farmers drive spikes at an angle through a two-by-four and simply slip an ear over each spike. The method which has proved of the highest efficiency at the Iowa Experiment Station and which is being rapidly adopt- ed by the farmers of the state, is suspend- ing from the ceiling or rafters ten or more ears, each looped at about the middle on a single or double strand of binding twine. For corn which is meant for show, suspension from both ends of the ear is more satis- factory because then each ear holds its straight form. The circulation of air is unhindered, and the method is very practical. Moreover, the damage by mice is slight because the corn cannot be easily reached. Especially is this so if the binding twine be tied to a wire which may
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