INTRODUCTORY. 



These screens are three feet wide by twelve to fourteen 

 feet in length, made of burlap or muslin, with frames 

 of three by four scantling. 



After cleaning, all seeds, as a rule, should be spread 

 thinly on cloth, in the loft or drying room, and allowed 

 to remain till thoroughly dry; while they are thus dry- 

 ing, they should be stirred over frequently by raking. 



No seeds should be stored in bulk until in perfectly 

 dry condition. Sugar corn, in particular, holds mois- 

 ture for a long time, and it is likely to mould if piled in 

 bulk or stored in sacks too soon. 



Marketable Condition. To be in prime, market- 

 able condition seeds must be bright in appearance, free 

 from discoloration, free from foreign seeds, from dust, 

 chaff, sticks, and light, immature, and broken grains. 



Labeling. In storing, great care must be taken to 

 label varieties properly. A tag or a label bearing the 

 name of the variety, and the year of the crop, should 

 be attached to the outside of the sack, and a duplicate 

 of same placed inside. The worst kinds of errors are 

 likely to ensue if some system of labeling is not 

 adopted. An instance in point may be related of a 

 certain establishment, the proprietor of which was an 

 unmethodical person who trusted everything to his 

 memory. 



The hundreds of sacks of various kinds of seed as 

 they lay piled in view in his warehouse, did not bear a 

 single outside label, nor any mark to denote their con- 

 tents. The proprietor in question (one of those who 

 know everything) would say that he knew the contents 

 of every sack, its particular location, and could lay his 

 hands at once on a sack containing any special vari- 

 ety wanted. His few employees were obliged to run 

 to him for consultation (at a loss of their time; he did 



