Selecting, scoring and storing seed corn and potatoes .. . n angle of about sixty-five degrees. Such an ear isusually of medium maturity, is of the proper height to behusked with the least effort and hangs at such an angle thatsnow or water cannot enter beneath the husks. Ears that areborn near the ground are usually early maturing ears. Earsthat hang high on the stalk are objectionable as they are gen-erally late maturing, hard to husk and, because of their posi-tion break the stalk easily in a wind storm. As a rule ears bornhigh on the stock point nearly straight up, allowing the snowand rai
Selecting, scoring and storing seed corn and potatoes .. . n angle of about sixty-five degrees. Such an ear isusually of medium maturity, is of the proper height to behusked with the least effort and hangs at such an angle thatsnow or water cannot enter beneath the husks. Ears that areborn near the ground are usually early maturing ears. Earsthat hang high on the stalk are objectionable as they are gen-erally late maturing, hard to husk and, because of their posi-tion break the stalk easily in a wind storm. As a rule ears bornhigh on the stock point nearly straight up, allowing the snowand rain to enter beneath the shucks and decrease the vitalityof the kernels. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION Corn that is thoroughly matured contains about ten andone-half per cent of water. In the fall of the year, at the timeof our first killing frost, it contains a far greater quantity. Ex-periments have proven beyond a doubt that the harder andoftener corn is frozen, the greater is the decrease in who tested seed that remained in the snow and freezes. SECOND STEP IN SEE-SAW METHOD of the winter of 1909-1910 are convinced of this fact withoutfurther argument. The majority of us wait until spring to select our then go to the crib, scoop the corn from side to side andselect the largest and deepest kerneled ears. This is a the facts were known, these large ears came from the low,fertile places in the field or where the stand was exceptionallythin and if planted on medium ground under average con-ditions they will not prove so efficient as the average sizedear raised under adverse conditions. Practically all the cornin the crib was husked after a severe frost. The ears selected AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION were frozen when put into the crib. During the warm fall andspring- days they thawed out, it turned cold and they frozeagain. They had no chance to dry out. Mold set in. It isreasonable to believe that corn selected and cared for in thatway is not fit for seed. SE
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