May 9, 1912. 



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same distance from each other and so 

 as to secure two or three stalks to the 

 hill or to the yard of drill. Experience 

 has demonstrated that with seed sweet 

 corn equally large yields and better 

 matured seed can be obtained from a 

 somewhat thinner stand than would 

 give the largest yield of field corn. 



The value of seed corn, especially 

 sweet corn, is largely dependent on the 

 way it is gathered and cured. The aver- 

 age American farmer has drifted into 

 such careless methods of handling corn 

 that it is hard for him to recognize 

 and use the care necessary for the pro- 

 duction of good seed. The crop should 

 be harvested as soon as the grain has 

 fully passed into the dough state. The 

 stalks should be cut and put into small 

 shocks, but seed sweet corn can very 

 rarely be well cured in shocks, no mat- 

 ter how small or how carefully they 

 may be set up. 



As soon after cutting as the stalks 

 are well wilted, which will usually be 

 in from three to six days, the corn 

 should bfe husked and put into the dry- 

 ing cribs. It is important, especially 

 with the short-stalked early sorts, that 

 this be done promptly. If allowed to 

 stand long in the shock the stalks will 

 settle so that the ears are likely to 

 come in contact with the soil and the 

 grain be injured in appearance and 

 viability. 



Some growers, particularly those of 

 Connecticut and Ohio, do not put the 

 stalks into shocks, but go through and 

 top or remove the part above the ear, 

 and sometimes slip down the husk so 

 as to fully expose the grain to the sun 

 and wind, when it will dry out very 

 rapidly and perfectly and can be gath- 

 ered from the standing stalk. A dis- 

 advantage of this method is that if 

 such stripped corn is exposed to even a 

 slight frost before it is quite dry its 

 viability as well as its vitality is 

 lessened, often entirely destroyed. 



In the western states there is usually 

 so little rain and such high, dry winds 

 are prevalent during the autumn 

 months that harvesting can often be 

 safely delayed until the com is nearly 

 <ure(i in the field on the still standing 

 stalks, and then the corn can be gath- 

 ered directly into large cribs to com- 

 plete the drying; but even here early 

 husking and cribbing are desirable. 



The best way to handle sweet corn in 

 the field is to husk into baskets or 

 crates, as there is liability to serious 

 injury by dirt, showers, or breaking 

 of the skin if the ears are thrown on 

 the ground or into a wagon, and if this 



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occurs while some of the grains are 

 still in the milk they will become dis- 

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ear shall be exposed to circulating air 

 until the grain is perfectly dry and that 

 this be accomplished without exposure, 

 even for a few hours, to a temperature 

 below 34 or ;{6 degrees. The vitality 

 of green corn while it is still in the 

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