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are twelve feet long and ten feet high. The posts, which are of 2x4 

 hemlock, stand four feet apart. The horizontal strips are cut from sound 

 hemlock or pine boards Ix^g, and are set in pairs as shown. Each pair 

 carries a tier of corn. The distance between any pair and the one above 

 is four inches. Six-penny nails should be used in nailing on the strips. 

 The seed corn should be placed in rack as shown. 



Fig. 5. — A practical rack for drj'irg seed corn. 



Fig. G shows a scheme brought to our notice by Mr. Oriu J Bemis, 

 of Ypsilauti. It may be hiade of a four-foot piece of 2x2 inch material 

 or of two-inch to three-inch sapling. Finishing nails are driven into 

 the piece two and one-half to three inches apart, according to the size 

 of the ears to be dried upon it. A hole bored through the piece near 

 the top allows the fastening to it of a Avire or string by which it may 

 be suspended from a beam, as shown in Fig. 7. 



Another interesting scheme for drjang seed corn is shown in Fig. 8. 

 It consists of a cedar post nailed to a frame of 2x4's, each piece four 



