Look at This Table 

 These figures show the enormous loss possible with a poor planter: 



(Small fractional parts omitted from this table. 



Notice from above that a loss of only 30 kernels in 100 hills is equal 

 to 10 per cent, and on 100 acres means a loss of $578 worth of corn. 



Storing Seed 



The results from planting seed rightly cared for and that which was 

 not properly taken care of, are fairly illustrated in an experiment made 

 by the writer. Each year for three years two bushels were selected and 

 stored in a crib. The ears were bound together in a braid and hung up. 

 Another two bushels was selected from the same field and placed in a 

 dry, warm, well-ventilated room. The corn was planted on adjoining 

 plots and received the same cultivation. The average yield for the 

 three years was eighteen bushels and two pounds per acre more an- 

 nually in favor of the seed kept in the seed house. Practically all of 



