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so that one can drive up to the end of it on a 
level with the second floor. The corn is un- 
loaded on this floor, which extends the length 
of the house. This only serves as a sort of 
platform, with an opening entirely along each 
side about six feet wide, which is the top of the 
crib. Below this floor is a stove near the cen- 
ter of one end of the building, with pipe run- 
ning the length of the house. A fire is kept in 
this stove and the corn placed overhead is 
thoroughly dried, after which it is shoveled 
into the cribs on each side, which extend to the 
floor below, where it is ready for sacking and 
shipping. The most favorable conditions for 
preserving seed are thus insured. ‘This method 
ean be practiced on a smaller scale with ease 
by hanging the seed corn on the wall of a room 
back of the stove, where a fire is kept from har- 
vesting to planting time. The seed should be 
kept perfectly dry, and selections from the crib 
in the spring may be unsatisfactory. 
The old method of braiding a number of ears 
together at husking time and hanging them up 
on the side of the barn is better than selecting 
from the crib in the spring. A dry attic or 
inside of barn is a better place than the out- 
side exposure. At Purdue we find it satisfac- 
tory to put seed corn on the ear in common 
brown coffee sacks, which are hung from the 
vafters to cure, away from rats and mice. 
