. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. 100 CORN seed must be observed to avoid injury from moulding, sprouting and insect pests. Seed corn shmild not be left in the field after it has properly matured. The Method. In case the farmer has no "Selection Bed" in which has been planted the best and earliest maturing ears, it is then necessary that seed ears be selected from the general field. The most practical method by which this is done is to take a sack and
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. 100 CORN seed must be observed to avoid injury from moulding, sprouting and insect pests. Seed corn shmild not be left in the field after it has properly matured. The Method. In case the farmer has no "Selection Bed" in which has been planted the best and earliest maturing ears, it is then necessary that seed ears be selected from the general field. The most practical method by which this is done is to take a sack and go through the field, before the hard frosts have come on and select the choicest, best matured ears. As many as three or four rows may be observed on the way through. Every well-formed, breedy looking ear of good size and well matured, at this time may be considered valuable for seed purposes, and from twelve to fourteen ears are sufficient for the. GATHERING SEED CORN IN THE FIELD plantmg of an acre. From three to five bushels of corn is as much as may be expected to be found in a single day. These bushels, how- ever, will contain the most valuable seed ears that the field has to offer. A small plot of selected corn simplifies this process, as the best ears may then be found in a comparatively small area. During this process, consideration of the strength and character of parent stalk, height of ear and size of shank should be noted. The characteristics are quite generally reproduced. Stalk should be of good size at base, gradually tapering, not necessarily tall. Strong, vigorous stalks nf medium height, in general produce best ears. Largest, best. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881-. Waterloo, Ia. , Sold by Waterloo publishing co.
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