THE SEED-CORN SITUATION. 



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lars a bushel is a good iiivestiucnt I'or accliinated and well-preserved 

 seed corn, but usually at planting time such seed can not be purchased 

 at any price. Some few localities have conscientious, careful seed- 

 corn men. They are of great value to their communities and for- 

 tunately their number is increasing. 



The experiments conducted by the Office of Corn Investigations 

 in demonstrating the profits to be derived from the good preserva- 

 tion of seed corn have been put to practical, accurate, and extensive 



KiG. 2. — Interior view of the soetlcorn dry house shown iu iiguie 1. 



tests. In fiijures 1 and 2 are shown exterior and interior views of a 

 seed-corn dry house constructed at a cost of $500. In 1910 this seed- 

 corn house returned to the farm $1,500 in profit, due to a 5-bushel 

 increased acre yield on 710 acres planted with seed corn dried and 

 stored in it. These figures were obtained as the result of IT separate 

 tests, practically all of which told the same story. The tests con- 

 ducted by the Office of Corn Investigations were intensive and 

 accurate. Hand j^lanting and thinning were practiced in order to 



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