. Corn culture. Corn. 76 CORN covered what kernels are the bad ones, the ears from which they came can be discarded at once and only the ears which show a [terminating power of the very strongest type will be used. Then comes the w^ork of grading the corn and getting it ready for the planter. GRADING THE SEED CORN. The first operation of course is the shelling of the ears, which may be done by hand, but if a corn sheller of small capacity is available, that will be satisfactory. The butt and tip kernels are 'isually shelled off:' before the main ear itself is shelled. The reason for that is th
. Corn culture. Corn. 76 CORN covered what kernels are the bad ones, the ears from which they came can be discarded at once and only the ears which show a [terminating power of the very strongest type will be used. Then comes the w^ork of grading the corn and getting it ready for the planter. GRADING THE SEED CORN. The first operation of course is the shelling of the ears, which may be done by hand, but if a corn sheller of small capacity is available, that will be satisfactory. The butt and tip kernels are 'isually shelled off:' before the main ear itself is shelled. The reason for that is that the butt and tip kernels are irregular in. Plate lO—Shelling- the Butt and Tip Kernels. 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 Potter, Harry B. Fort Wayne, Ind. , Correspondence Coll. of Agric.
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