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7. In some southern sections where the attacks of the 

 grain weevils are bad, it has become the practice to jerk 

 the ears and store them unhusked. The work required to 

 jerk the corn and afterwards husk it is greater than husking 

 from the standing stalks. But most of the jerked corn is 

 fed to stock wi+hout husking. 



Fig. 81. — A prize-winning field of com in Virginia and the boy who grew it. He 

 used the correct methods. (O. B. Martin, Plant Industry.) 



Storing the Ears. — Corn should be stored in a crib with 

 slatted sides to allow the air to circulate freely. The roof 

 should be broad, and rain proof, to keep the corn entirely 

 free from external moisture. Corn should be kept on the cob, 

 at least until it is thoroughly dry, to prevent heating and 

 molding. It is best to protect the crib of corn from mice, 

 rats, and sparrows. For this purpose the floor and sides 

 of the crib are sometimes covered with galvanized wire 

 netting of about one-fourth-inch mesh. 



