Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . Fig. 42. AN EXTENSIVE TEST uniform temperature can be maintained when the boxes are elevated. After the two hundred ears have been classified as to condition ofvitality, they should be piled up in their respective classes. The badears had better be fed to the stock at once to prevent any chance Disposiug . . , ,11 1 1 cf of their becoming mixed with the good seed through carelessness or Tisd C3 *— the mistake of helpers. The wea
Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer and student of agriculture, a text-book for agricultural colleges and high schools . Fig. 42. AN EXTENSIVE TEST uniform temperature can be maintained when the boxes are elevated. After the two hundred ears have been classified as to condition ofvitality, they should be piled up in their respective classes. The badears had better be fed to the stock at once to prevent any chance Disposiug . . , ,11 1 1 cf of their becoming mixed with the good seed through carelessness or Tisd C3 *— the mistake of helpers. The weak ears should be rearranged on thefloor in another room, or any place out of the way, and anothertest run for them. Mr. Burnett found that it cost $ to test one hundred ears by thesawdust-box method, allowing 20 cents per hour for two hours laborin testing, and 80 cents for the cost of buying the material and making TESTING CORN BY THE FIRESIDE. 135 T^W^.-^ ??? 1 M mn I^^^^^^^H B. «i m k- v^ 1 H V^^l ^K V. .^ I E IP (Courtesv Prof. P. G. Ilolden) Fig. 43. TESTING CORN BY THE FIRESIDE IN THE FARM -Pl^^ Vk^A
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