Rural School Leaflet 



1307 



The kitchen is usually a <;ood ]jlace. The bajj;s on the top of the box 

 should be sprinkled if there is any danger of their drying out. 



Within from four to seven days, depending to a great extent on the 

 temperature at which the gemiinating box is kept, the kernels will 

 have germinated sufhcienlly to allow the selection of the ears to be made. 

 The ba'^s and the cloth should l)c taken off with great care so that the 



Com tested for germination 



corn will not be distturbed. The kernels of each square should be ex- 

 amined in connection with the ear from which they were taken and com- 

 pared with the germinating kernels of the other cars. Great differences 

 will at once l:)e apparent. Some ears will be represented by kernels part 

 of which, as in ear no. 8 in the illustration, show no germination. All 

 such ears should be discarded. Other ears will be represented by kernels 



