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where mice will not bother the corn. Corn may be stored on 

 sheets of finely woven wire netting which is tacked to the bare 

 rafters or joists of a dry room, as a shop or attic. If there are 

 vertical posts in the room, headless nails may be driven part 

 way into the posts; and then the large ends of the ears are 

 slipped over the nails (Fig. 79). 



Fio. 78. — Com plants half grown, showing the root system. Many small 

 fibrous feeding roots are only a few inches under ground between the rows of com. 

 Deep cultivation is likely to destroy many of them. 



Harvesting the Main Crop. — To secure the best return 

 from the corn crop the harvesting should include not only 

 the ears but also the stalks. This should be done as soon as 



