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the string should not be done until the tray has been 

 loosely filled with dry sand heaped up a little above its 

 top edge. Then the sand should be scraped off with a 

 yardstick, or other straightedge, even with the top of 

 the tray. After lacing with the string the tray is then 

 ready for planting." 



Sand Tray for Testing Seed Corn 



Five kernels of corn from various parts of one ear are 

 placed in each square. All are covered with sand and 

 left to germinate and grow until about two inches high. 

 An examination then readily shows which ears should 

 be discarded for seed. 



The Rag Doll Seed Tester 



A simple way of testing individual ears is described 

 by H. D. Hughes of the Iowa Experiment Station. He 

 calls it the Rag Doll Method. 



"In preparing to make this test, secure sheeting of a 

 good quaUty and tear into strips from 8 to 10 inches wide 

 and 3 to 5 feet long. Where these are to be used very 



