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and turn the bucket up-side-down over the rolls — or a 

 common dry goods box may be used for this purpose. 

 A couple of small pieces of wood should preferably be 

 laid under the rolls and one edge of the pail should be 

 lifted from one-half to one inch in order to give sufficient 

 ventilation. ... At the end of five days the kernels 

 should be ready to read. 



Rag Doll Seed Tester 



This may be made at home or bought of a hardware dealer for ten cents 



"Depending upon the arrangement of the ears, select, 

 first either roll No. i or the last roll filled. This cloth 

 will be unrolled in front of the ears which are represented. 

 Examine all kernels carefully. In all cases in which 

 six kernels are not strong in germination the ear should 

 be thrown away." 



Fungous Diseases 



For a crop that has been grown in such quantities over 

 so large an area and during so long a period, Indian corn 

 is remarkably free from fungous diseases. Rust and 

 Smut are practically the only widespread diseases and 

 neither is injurious to any great degree. Corn Rust is 

 indeed of scarcely any practical importance, while the 



