. Agriculture for beginners. n he can harvest. The bulk of the corn in the corn beltis still husked from the standing stalk and put into cribs orpens until fed to the stock or hauled to the railway stationto be sold. Cattle, horses, and sheep are turned into the stalk field tofind the nubbins that were not worth gathering and the earsthat were overlooked, as well as to eat the fodder that hasnot been blown away by the winds or ruined by the rains. Save the cost of husking whenever possible is a goodrule for every farm. Very often it is best to make the hogs 38 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS harvest
. Agriculture for beginners. n he can harvest. The bulk of the corn in the corn beltis still husked from the standing stalk and put into cribs orpens until fed to the stock or hauled to the railway stationto be sold. Cattle, horses, and sheep are turned into the stalk field tofind the nubbins that were not worth gathering and the earsthat were overlooked, as well as to eat the fodder that hasnot been blown away by the winds or ruined by the rains. Save the cost of husking whenever possible is a goodrule for every farm. Very often it is best to make the hogs 38 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS harvest their own corn. The ear and stalk may be kept to-gether on much of the corn that is fed to cattle and which is put into the silo needs no husking. Corn binders are now successful and save the farmersmuch hand labor in cutting corn for field curing or forsilage, but they do not reduce the expense of cutting cornin the same degree that the self-binder has reduced the costof harvesting wheat and other small Fig. 28. The Modern Way to unload Corn There are machines known as corn buskers and shredders,that quite successfully husk the corn and tear the stalks andblades into shreds. The shredded fodder, however, has notproved to be as valuable a feed as was expected, and, con-sidering all the expense involved, this method of harvestingand handling corn has not met with any general favor. SELECTING AND JUDGING SEED CORN 39 SELECTING AND JUDGING SEED CORN Scale of Points ^ 1. Uniformity and trueness to type .... lo 2. Shape of ear lo 3. Color of grain 5 4. Color of cob 5 5. Market condition (soundness; 10 6. Tips 5 7. Butts 5 8. Kernels (uniformity) 10 9. Kernels (shape) 5 10. Length of ear 10 11. Circumference of ear 5 12. Space between rows 5 13. Space between kernels on cob .... 5 14. Percentage of corn 10 Total 100 r i IM Fig. 29. The Type to select Uniformity of Exhihii and Triteness to Type or Breed. The earsshould be uniform in size, type, and color. Deduct
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