. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. 2 1 GOOD AND BAD STALKS No. 1 is an illustration of a good stalk, well balanced, the ear about four feet from the ground, well set and drooped sufficiently to shed the rain. No. 2 shows a rather weak stalk with long joints and the ear set too high and much too near the top. BAD METHOD OF STORING SEED CORN The ears are too close together for good circu- lation of air, consequently there is danger of moulding and that it will not
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. 2 1 GOOD AND BAD STALKS No. 1 is an illustration of a good stalk, well balanced, the ear about four feet from the ground, well set and drooped sufficiently to shed the rain. No. 2 shows a rather weak stalk with long joints and the ear set too high and much too near the top. BAD METHOD OF STORING SEED CORN The ears are too close together for good circu- lation of air, consequently there is danger of moulding and that it will not be sufficiently dried out to prevent freezing. It is much easier to tie with a string, as shown on page 104. If the string method of tying is fol- lowed, a good circulation of air is afforded and the ears dry out properly. What must be avoided is freezing of the corn before it is dried out. The above is a common method, but often results in mouldiness, es- pecially if stored in (liis way diiring a damp or wet fall. SHOWING EFFECT OF PLANT SELECTION. A'Vith this thought in view, the Ohio Station conducted a test in 1906 in which ears selected from plants growing in the field under normal conditions of stand, and as nearly normal in otlier environment as it was possible to judge, were compared with other ears of the same variety and selected from the same field, but selected from the ^^-agon, no attention being given to the stand in the latter instance. Tlie ears selected from the wagon were superioi- in size and in gerK'ral a])|iear- ance, as might be expected. Eight tenth-acre plots were planted from the twn selections, four. 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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