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when they say that weevily seed will not do as well 

 as clean seed. The fleshy part of the seed is the young 

 corn plant's first food when it comes up, and when 

 this is taken away the young plants will be weak 

 and often die." 



"It has been found that corn which ripens late 

 is less damaged in the field than early corn/' the 

 entomologist continued. 



"That is a good point. I am going to plant late 

 corn after this/' said Tom Jackson. 



"Go easy, Mr. Jackson/' said the entomologist; 

 "you are dealing with an army of bandits too wise 

 to be easily fooled. If you planted late corn only, I 

 am sure you would find the damage greater than we 

 found it where both early and late corn occurred. 

 We believe that the early corn could be used as a 

 trap to attract the weevils when they appear in the 

 field to lay their eggs. The early corn would be 

 ready for them, while the late corn would not be. 

 If there were no early corn, we are sure that this 

 would not cause the weevils to starve. It might be 

 well to plant late corn for your main crop and plant 

 early corn for the weevils. Of course this trap corn 

 should be gathered by itself and not stored in the 

 same crib with the main crop." 



"Why not store it in the same crib?" George 

 Sanders asked. 



"If you stored it in your main crib, it would be 



