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On the outside of the doll, mark the number of ears it includes as 

 1-20, 21-40, etc. Tie the doll in the middle, not too tightly. A rubber 

 band is best. Bands may also be placed about each end of the doll 

 until after soaking as an extra precaution against loss of any of the 

 kernels. 



(3) Soak the dolls in water over night. (8 to 10 hours, prefer- 

 ably.) 



(4) Drain the dolls for a short time after soaking 



(5) Pack the dolls in a bucket, tub or box. Place some bricks or 

 other material in the bottom to provide free circulation of air and to 

 insure proper drainage. Then line with wet cloth or burlap. 



(6) Pack dolls on end (with crowns of the kernels to the top), 

 and fold wet cloth used in lining the bucket or box over the top. 



(7) Set the bucket in a warm place. It is well to moisten the 

 dolls by sprinkling occasionally with warm water in order to keep 

 them from getting too dry. 



(8) The test should be ready to read in from five to six days. If 

 the doll is unrolled with ordinary care the sprouted kernels will all 

 remain in place. The last illustration (No. 8) shows a doll being un- 

 rolled in which the kernels have been placed wrong, being parallel 

 with the cloth strip. Notice that the sprouts are curled. This could 

 have been avoided by arranging the kernels crosswise of the doll and 

 then packing the doll with the crowns of the kernels to the top. 



The cloths may be used many times, but should be scalded each 

 time after being used, to kill mold, etc. 



SHELLING AND GRADING. Butts and tips had better be 

 shelled off by hand, because the number of irregular kernels and the 

 extent ol crooked rows can best be ascertained by the eye. The 

 practice of cutting off the butts and tips with an ax, produces many 

 split kernels and wastes some corn by shelling. Shelling all the, seed 

 by hand, where a limited amount is used, is a method not to be criti- 

 cised. A small hand sheller, however, accomplishes the same end 

 much more rapidly. One man can turn and feed one ear at a time 

 very conveniently. 



In front of the hand sheller have, for example, three boxes labeled 

 large, medium, and small kernels. Besides the man who turns the 

 sheller, another man will be needed to look after the grading. He 

 should be provided with two pans, one to catch the shelled corn 

 while he is emptying the other. The kernels of each ear thus being 

 caught separately in a pan, can be graded to the size very accurately. 

 If, for example. No. i has large kernels, empty these into the box 

 marked "large kernels." Should ear No. 2 have medium sized ker- 



