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SPECIAL CONTESTS FOR CORN-CLUB WORK. 



Storing Seed Corn. 



After selecting the seed corn it should be carefully stored in a place 

 with uniform dryness and temperature. The storeroom should be 

 well ventilated. 



Do not allow seed corn to heat, freeze, or to be subject to sudden 

 changes, such as from a dry to a wet or from a cold to a warm atmos- 

 phere. 



There are a number of economical and efficient methods of storing 

 seed corn, such as the single-twine method and the double-twine 

 method, and by the use of various drying racks, etc. The method 

 used will be selected with reference to its particular fitness to the 

 quantity of seed and the available storage room ; also with reference to 



Fig. 2. — A seed-corn stringing contest with referee, timekeeper, and contestants on stage. 



the kind of storeroom. For more information on this subject,^ see 

 Farmers' Bulletin 415, entitled " Seed Corn," by C. P. Hartley, and 

 the special circulars on this subject issued by your State agricultural 

 college and experiment station. 



Seed-Corn Strinoing Contest. 



Arrange the contestants in pairs, with two members facing each 

 other on the floor or platform. Have the member to the right handle 

 the string, tie, operate, and hang in place, while the second member 

 feeds the corn from the pile into the stringer. The second member 



1 See also Farmers' Bulletins 220, The Production of Good Seed Corn : 253, The Germi- 

 nation of Seed Corn ; 313, Harvesting and Storing Corn ; 408, School I<]xercises in Plant 

 Production; 409, School Lessons on Corn; 414, Com Cultivation; 415,, Seed Ooni ; 42S, 

 Testing Farm Seeds in the Home and in the Rural School ; and Circular 95, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, entitled, " The Seed-Com Situation." 

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