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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



Seed corn taken from the crib in spring cannot have the vitality of 

 properly cured corn, and this in face of the fact that the crib corn may 

 show a hundred per cent of germination. The relatively damp condition, 

 and the occasional or continued freezing of winter make perfect vitality 



Fig. 3. — A practical rack for drying seed corn, 



and vigor impossible. In a recent test, rack dried corn germinated 99%i; 

 crib corn tested 77%. The winter has been a very mild one, too. 



TESTING OF SEED CORN. 



It is good practice to test the germinating quality of every ear of 

 the seed one is planning to sow. The undertaking is not a difficult one. 

 Fig. 4 shows a germinator used by the farm department of the college. 

 It is 1114x171/^ feet inside measure, and is 1 inch deep. It is made of 

 galvanized iron, but any boy could make one of wood that would work 

 just as well. The germinator is filled with sand, or sandy soil, and 



