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tested was 98 per cent or over. I took two or three grains from different 

 parts of the ear. If corn is thoroughly dry before freezing sets in in 

 the central part of Missouri, it is all right. It is impossible to keep it 

 above freezing temperature in our section of the country. It got pretty 

 cold there last winter, and went away below zero, but it did not hurt the 

 <;eed corn. 



Mr. Boles : I have a plan of storing my seed corn that has proven 

 successful. I gather a lot of it very early. I have a place up in the 

 eaves of my buggy house where I put it, and it dries out thoroughly. 

 Had left some there for two years, and I tried that, and at least 80 

 per cent of it came up. 



Mr. Crabtree: I have no objection whatever to my seed corn 

 freezing after it is thoroughly dry. I miake no attempt whatever to keep 

 my seed corn above freezing temperature, and it always germinates 

 well. 



HOW CAN THE PRACTICAL FARMER SECURE GOOD SEED 



CORN. 



(Mr. Geo. H. Sly, Rockpart, Mo.) 



So much has already been said on corn, the manner of selecting 

 seed, testing, cultivation, etc., that I hardly feel it worth while to at- 

 tempt to discuss it at any great length. However, I desire to say a 

 few words on "How the Practical Farmer Can Secure Good Seed 

 Corn." 



In the first place, we already know that in order to grow a good 

 crop or to grow good stock, we have to have good seed or good stock to 

 start from. In order to get good seed we have to make the best of what 

 we have at hand, get it from a neighbor who may have better than we 

 have, or purchase it from someone who is making a specialty of pure- 

 bred seed. 



The one object we should have in view in growing corn is to grow 

 the greatest number of bushels at the least expense, and in order to do 

 this we must increase the yield per acre, and I consider the seed we use 

 one of the great factors to be used in bringing about such results. 



What we want is a corn of high yielding quality and of good feed- 

 in? value, and to get this we must use the best type of corn that we 

 can get. I believe in a great many instances that farmers already 

 have on their farms corn that will produce greatly increased yields if 

 proper attention be given to the selection of seed. There are two 

 very practical ways by which this can be done. One, by having a seed 



