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FARM CROPS 



ventilated storage room and placed on drying racks. 

 If allowed to remain in the bags or in a pile on the 

 floor, the drying of the corn is retarded and as a 

 consequence the ears may show lack of vitality the 



SHOCKING CORN 



Where large quantities of corn are grown, the common 

 method of shocking is to take four stalks as pictured here and 

 to tie at the top, around which bundles are set. Some use 

 the corn horse for the shocks. After starting the shocks the 

 frame is withdrawn and the shock completed. For cutting 

 corn different styles of knives are used, depending on the pref- 

 erence of the cutters. The real art of building shocks that 

 will stand consists of having the bundles set straight and the 

 shocks securely tied when completed. 



following spring. It is of the utmost importance 

 to keep seed corn from freezing, especially while it 

 is still damp. 



Preventing Damage by Crows. Place a quantity 

 of strychnine the size of a grain of wheat in a wide- 

 mouthed bottle and fill the bottle about one-half to 



