Indian Corn, or Maize 



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where neither moths, rats, nor mice can injure it. An attic 

 or upstairs room, if free from moisture, is a good place. A 

 pound of moth-balls or naphthalene should be stored with 

 each bushel to protect it from the grain moth. Covering the 

 storage boxes or t ! 



crates with fly 

 screening or woven 

 wire of a fine mesh 

 will protect the corn 

 from mice and rats. 

 If the grain-weevil 

 is prevalent, fumi- 

 gate with carbon 

 disulfide as directed 

 in paragraph 58. 



51. Testing seed 

 corn for germina- 

 tion. That it pays 

 to test seed corn 

 for germination has 

 been proved repeat- 

 edly in all parts of 

 the country. It 

 was found at the 

 Iowa Experiment 

 Station, for exam- 

 ple, in carefully con- 

 ducted two-year 

 tests, that the testing increased the acre-profits 93.6 per cent the 

 first year, 85.7 per cent the second year, or an increase of 19.6 

 bushels and 10.1 bushels. In these experiments the cost of test- 

 ing enough seed to plant an acre varied from 14.4 cents to 57.6 

 cents. Both home-made and manufactured testers were used 

 and some equally good results were secured from both. 



Sawdust-box tester. One of the most used home-made 



FIG. 



35. Seed corn on racks made from wire 

 fencing. 



