DRYING AND STORING SEED CORN 119 
the corn was dry would weaken some of the sappiest ears 
unless the attic could be heated. Notwithstanding the danger 
of frost, the attic is far ahead of the cellar. If there is a 
furnace in the cellar the corn is apt to dry too quickly or to 
become too dry. Remember, if corn is allowed to become too 
dry, it will be slow in starting in the spring. If there is no 
furnace in the cellar, the corn will dry too slowly unless it 
is well dried before being placed there. Again, the average 
cellar does not have sufficient ventilation for the proper 
drying and storing of corn. On all good drying days the 
windows should be thrown wide open. There is nothing 
that dries seed better than a warm, dry breeze blowing 
through it as it lays on the racks. When the weather is damp, 
the windows should be closed if a door can be opened into 
the rest of the house. If not, the windows should never be 
closed entirely, unless the room is very large and the amount 
of corn small. If a tight room is filled with new corn; the 
corn is apt to mold, no matter how well it is hung up, unless 
the room is constantly ventilated. Moisture, as it leaves the 
corn, must have some means of escaping. 
Layne on Racks 
For several years past, we have dried all of our ear seed 
corn on wooden racks. These racks are built of one by four 
inch uprights in which tenpenny nails are driven every four 
inches and on which heavy lathe are laid. (See illustration.) 
The racks are all placed on slatted floors which permit perfect 
ventilation. There are a number of good ways to dry seed 
corn. An old and very good plan is to string the ears on 
binder twine and suspend them from the ceiling. Of late 
years, various kinds of wire hangers for drying corn have 
been placed on the market. If these hangers are not placed 
too close together they will dry the corn as well as any other 
