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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 éstablishment, 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 
