It will be observed that the Silver King seed field cured and stored on 

 the outside of a pump house produced a stand of 60 per cent and a yield 

 of 41.7 bushels per acre, while the same variety of seed at the same sta- 

 tion on the same kind of soil and properly cured produced a stand of 90 

 per cent and a yield of 85.7 bushels per acre, or 44 bushels more, worth 

 $22 per acre. 



In other words. Farmer A secured one-half a crop because of poor 

 seed, and Farmer B a full crop because of good seed. 



One bushel of corn will, the report states, plant six acres; hence, for 

 every bushel of corn that the first farmer planted, he lost on the six 

 acres $132, or on 30 acres, $660. 



The following table gives data regarding storage, germination and 

 stand of 350 farmers' corn scattered widely over the state. It, there- 

 fore, represents fairly the condition of corn in the state during 1909-10: 



Barren Stalks 



It has been demonstrated that, if pollen from barren stalks fertilize 

 the silk of an ear on an adjoining stalk and that ear is used for seed, 

 barren stalks will, in a measure, result. It has also been demonstrated 



