. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. 464 CORN germination test of 94 per cent. Among the best dealers, this will have a tendency to induce them to adopt better methods of storage and a definite s_ystem of testing each ear sent out. It will, in fact, put the business of breeding seed corn on a scientific and legitimate basis, More corn is shipped in the ear now than ever before. ]\Iuch of it is still shelled, especially with the seed companies. Crates containing on
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. 464 CORN germination test of 94 per cent. Among the best dealers, this will have a tendency to induce them to adopt better methods of storage and a definite s_ystem of testing each ear sent out. It will, in fact, put the business of breeding seed corn on a scientific and legitimate basis, More corn is shipped in the ear now than ever before. ]\Iuch of it is still shelled, especially with the seed companies. Crates containing one bushel each of ear corn are now used b_y all retailers of seed corn. An attractive crate with the sender's name in a conspicuous place creates interest where^•er it goes. A station agent will be much less liable to allow a slatted crate of corn to remain on the platform in a storm, than he Avould were the corn in a closed box. Mice are less liable to hide in a conspicuous place, such as between the ears of an open HAND PICKING SHELLED SEEDCORN. Tlie corn is carried over a 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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