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[Reprint of folder announcing Corn Contest] 



NEW JERSEY. 



Boys^ (under 21) Prizes. 

 Corn grown in fields not less than | acre. 



Dent. 



First prize $20.00 Third prize $5.00 



Second prize 10 . 00 Fourth prize 3 . 00 



DELAWARE. 



Same conditions, same kind of prize as New Jersey. 



MARYLAND. 



Same conditions and same kind of prizes as New Jersey. 



CORN 

 From Pennsylvania State College Bulletin. 



More care should be exercised in purchasing seed com. There are 

 many different corn sections in Pennsylvania, and seed adapted to one 

 section may not do well in another section; therefore, seed corn in large 

 quantity should not be purchased from other parts of the State or from 

 other States where the conditions are entirely different. Tests may be 

 made of small amounts of seed of promising varieties and strains before 

 they are extensively planted. 



A plat of four rows 3| feet apart and each containing 42 hills 3 feet 

 apart will make approximately 1-25 acre. Six kernels should be planted 

 to hill and thinned to three stalks. Varieties thus planted will mix and 

 must not be used for seed. 



Corn Improvement. — The foundation stock must be improved first. 

 Two methods are in common use for doing this: (1) The use of a selected 

 seed plat. (2) Ear row tests. All seed corn should be carefully selected 

 in the field on the stock or purchased on th^ear. A germination test 

 should be made in the spring before planting and all ears rejected which 

 do not germinate 100 per cent. Germination may best be done in boxes 

 about 3 inches deep. Fill the box with sand and divide it into squares 

 of about 2 inches each. Saturate sand thoroughly with water. Arrange 

 the ears in rows and number them. Take six kernels, 2 each from near 

 butt, from the center and from near tip of the ear and place them in the 

 moist sand in regular order. Cover the box with a pane of glass and keep 

 at temperature of living room. 



