CORN 



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Value of careful storage. The Ohio Extension Bulletin 

 reports as follows: " Samples of seed corn were taken from 

 over 100 different farms in all parts- of the state, and germina- 

 tion tests made of the corn to determine its vitality, careful 

 record being kept, as far as possible, of the method of storing 

 and caring for seed corn." 



The following table will give the results as shown by this 

 preliminary work: 



Number 

 tested 



Taken from ordinary crib... 40 

 Stored in good dry place 

 with plenty of air currents, 

 but no artificial heat, as on 

 shelves, in cribs, above 

 wagon sheds, hung by 



wires, strings, etc 62 



Stored in attics, empty rooms 

 in houses, furnace rooms, 

 etc. Some artificial heat 

 furnished but not always a 

 free circulation of air.. 11 



Range of 

 germi- 

 nation 

 per cent 

 55-100 



72-100 



85-100 



Average 

 germi- 

 nation 

 per cent 

 85 



90.3 



93.3 



Vigor 

 of plants 

 Poor 



Good 



Good 



It was also shown in these Ohio experiments that seed 

 corn from varieties that are well adapted is less difficult to 

 care for than that from large, late-maturing strains. 



"A bushel of seed corn will plant seven acres which at 

 fifty bushels per acre should yield 350 bushels. It will be 

 seen, according to the figures shown earlier in this discussion, 

 one bushel of the corn which had been well cared for would 

 produce 5 per cent more stalks than the seed not properly 



