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corn should therefore never be stacked in piles or thrown 

 into a crib after it is gathered, but should be hung up in 

 some open place sheltered from the direct sun, if the weather 

 is still hot, and from all rain or other forms of moisture. 



One of the simplest and best ways to hang seed corn 

 is by stringing it. By this method each string con- 

 tains a dozen ears almost enough to plant an acre. To 

 hang corn in this way, cut a string of binding twine twelve 

 feet long, and tie the ends together, thus forming a loop. 

 One person should operate the string, and another handle 

 the ears. Place the first ear in the strings, and pass one 

 end of the loop through the other end, tightening down to 

 the ear. Place the next ear in the same way, and keep on 

 until the string has all been taken up. Hang the stringer 

 of ears up in a uniformly dry place and it will need no 

 more attention until time comes for testing the seed. This 

 plan should be followed after each day's picking, not even 

 allowing the corn to lie over night before being hung to dry. 



Another plan of drying out seed corn is to lay the ears 

 side by side on shelves, where there is free circulation of 

 air, and where mice and rats can not reach the corn. Where 

 this plan is followed, the shelves should be made of slats, 

 and not of solid boards, so as to allow the air to get to 

 all parts of the ear. 



Hanging the ears by tying a part of the husks works 

 well, but takes more time, and also takes up more room 

 than to use the twine loop for hanging a dozen ears in one 

 string. Still another method is to drive ten-penny finishing 

 nails four inches apart in a post, sticking the butt of the 

 ear on the nail. 



6. Types of Corn 



There are altogether seven different types of corn. 

 These are: (1) pod corn, (2) soft corn, (3) sweet corn, (4) 



