CULTIVATED CROPS 



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Slatted Shelves. — 



Strips of timber 1 x 4 or 

 2x4 stood on end with 

 lath nailed on either side 

 to form shelves make a 

 very good means of put- 

 ting up seed corn. This 

 method is often used by 

 seedsmen and permits of 

 storing in good condition 

 a large amount of seed 

 corn in a comparatively 

 small space. 



Patented Cora Hang- 

 ers. — There are numerous 

 patented seed corn hangers 

 on the market. Most of 

 them are good and afford 

 a very satisfactory means 

 of putting up seed corn. 

 The only objection to 

 them is the cost. Very 



Figure 35. Showing the double string method gOod wire SCCd COm haug- 

 of storing seed corn. ^^.g ^^y ^^ ^^^q fj.Qj^ 



electric weld woven wire fencing. Your state Experiment 

 Station will furnish you more complete information about 

 making any of these seed corn hangers. 



Wire Baskets. — Long, slender wire baskets are very 

 easily made of poultry netting or other closely woven fenc- 

 ing. The two ends of a strip of fencing three to five feet 

 long are fastened together, and a board or another piece 

 of the netting put in for the bottom. Such a basket will 

 hold considerable corn, and hold it in such a way as to allow 

 it to dry readily. These baskets are preferable to the 

 other methods given above only when a large amount of 

 seed corn is to be stored. 



Questions: 



1. Why is a good circulation of air about seed corn necessary? 



2. Describe a corn tree. 



3. What can you say of wire baskets for storing seed com? 



