An introduction to agriculture . are tested in one doll, in which casethe cloth should be about 40 long. With a soft waxcrayon 21/^ squares are ruled off on muslin, leavinga 2% margin on each side and a 7 or 8 margin ateach end. The squares are numbered, and the clothis then moistened, and spread out on a clean kernels are placed in each square, germ side up andtips all pointing in one direction sidewise. The earsare marked so as to correspond in numbers to thesquares. The cloth is then loosely rolled up withoutdisplacing the kernels. The ends are fastened with arubber band or with
An introduction to agriculture . are tested in one doll, in which casethe cloth should be about 40 long. With a soft waxcrayon 21/^ squares are ruled off on muslin, leavinga 2% margin on each side and a 7 or 8 margin ateach end. The squares are numbered, and the clothis then moistened, and spread out on a clean kernels are placed in each square, germ side up andtips all pointing in one direction sidewise. The earsare marked so as to correspond in numbers to thesquares. The cloth is then loosely rolled up withoutdisplacing the kernels. The ends are fastened with arubber band or with a string, and the dolls with tips of 88 AN INTEODUCTION TO AGKICULTUEE corn pointing down are put into a bucket of warmwater over night. The next morning the water ispoured out of the bucket and the bands or strings areremoved, and the dolls are replaced in the bucket againwith the tips pointing downward. The bucket is thencovered with a cloth and kept at ordinary room tempera-ture. Every two days the dolls should be soaked in. THE RAG DOLL TESTER May be made at home for ten cents. This tester is now exclusively usedat the Experiment Station in preference to all others.— Bulletin 138, IowaState Experiment Station. water for five minutes, so as to keep them moist. Afterseven days they may be removed and unrolled, and thetest read as it was in the sawdust box method. Whenthe cloths are boiled they are readv to be used set of cloths may be used any number of times andshould last several vears. •78. Planting Corn.— Corn is generally planted 1to 2 deep. There are three common ways in which COKX 80 corn is planted, in hills, in drills, and listed. Whencorn is planted in hills the method is commonly called^ check rowing. Planting Com in Hills.— Corn in hills can be culti-vated in two directions and, on land that is compara-tively level, check rowing corn is the most commonmethod of planting. Usually three or four kernels areplanted in a hill. The most common distanc
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