EXERCISE 19. THE STORAGE OF SEED CORN 



Equipment: Germination box. 



Method: At corn-harvest time in the fall, each pupil 

 should select twelve ears of corn from the field. Three of 

 the ears should be left on the stalks, the plants being cut 

 and set against the fence. The remaining nine ears should 

 be husked and divided into three lots of three ears each. 

 One lot should be stored in the cellar, another overhead in 

 the crib and a third in some warm place in the house. At 

 some convenient time during the winter, separate germina- 

 tion tests should be made on all of the ears and the results 

 of the test reported in the following table : 



Discussion: When seed corn is selected from the stalk 

 in the field, two bushels of ears should be selected for every 

 bushel that will be needed for planting the following spring. 

 This precaution is necessary, since some of the ears will need 

 to be discarded after they are husked. It is well to leave the 

 selected ears on the stalk until they are well matured and 



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