BREEDING AND CURING 



After following many recommended meth- 

 ods, which often proved very laborious and 

 in most cases vexing failures, the following 

 method of curing sweet corn has been 

 developed. After the plants show that the 

 corn is mature and the husk is dead and 

 beginning to be loose on the ear, select a 

 clear, bright, sunny day, begin early in the 

 morning, and cut down as much corn as 

 can be conveniently husked out in two 

 hours or a little more. Throw the stalks 

 as cut into piles on the ground, locating 

 them so that they will be convenient for 

 rapid work in husking. After dinner, husk 

 out the corn as rapidly as possible, and 

 throw the ears into small piles either upon 

 the ground or upon sacks spread out upon 

 the ground. The bright sun's rays upon the 

 ears will kill the organisms which cause 

 fermentation and also produce a formation 

 of impervious matter over the surface of 

 the corn and the butt of the cob. 



Before the setting of the sun, haul the 

 corn into the barn or storehouse. Have 

 provided in either of these places a slatted 



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