Soil culture and modern farm methods . ernels1 n e V e r y100 hills or10% 1065 ears 9591 bu. If the 45kernels1 n e V e r y100 hills or15% 1598 ears 9058 bu. (Small fractional parts omitted from this table. Notice from above that a loss of only 30 kernels in 100 hills is equalto 10 per cent, and on 100 acres means a loss of $578 worth of corn. Storing Seed The results from planting seed rightly cared for and that which wasnot properly taken care of, are fairly illustrated in an experiment madeby the writer. Each year for three ye
Soil culture and modern farm methods . ernels1 n e V e r y100 hills or10% 1065 ears 9591 bu. If the 45kernels1 n e V e r y100 hills or15% 1598 ears 9058 bu. (Small fractional parts omitted from this table. Notice from above that a loss of only 30 kernels in 100 hills is equalto 10 per cent, and on 100 acres means a loss of $578 worth of corn. Storing Seed The results from planting seed rightly cared for and that which wasnot properly taken care of, are fairly illustrated in an experiment madeby the writer. Each year for three years two bushels were selected andstored in a crib. The ears were bound together in a braid and hung two bushels was selected from the same field and placed in adry, warm, well-ventilated room. The corn was planted on adjoiningplots and received the same cultivation. The average yield for thethree years was eighteen bushels and two pounds per acre more an-nually in favor of the seed kept in the seed house. Practically all of. John Deere No. 999 Planter the seed germinated, but as it came through the ground, the differencebetween the two plots was very apparent. In the one the seed came uprapidly, throwing out a strong dark-green stem. The other was moreretarded in its growth and many of the leaves were yellow and thestems slender and weak. Wisconsin Experiments Wisconsin farmers under the direction of the State Agricultural Col-lege, have carried on some experiments which demonstrate the value ofproperly-preserved seed. These experiments are so convincing that Ifeel they should have the widest possible publicity. Samples of farmers seed corn as planted by them were secured fromtwenty-five farmers surrounding each demonstration farm. Each earof this was tested for germination and a record kept at the Madisonstation. One hundred and fifty kernels of each farmers corn was plantedin duplicate rows in different parts of one of the demonstration exact stand was d
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