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step ladder, and so on until the entire section is 

 removed. A space of two feet, or any convenient 

 distance, should be left between every section so the 

 air may circulate freely and the corn can easily be 



inspected at any time. 

 All windows, etc, 

 should be battened se- 

 curely so that no snow 

 or rain can drive in 

 during storms. 



Selection of Seed 

 Corn in Field — In se- 

 lecting stock seed in the 

 field, the most conven- 

 ient plan is to make 

 a partition in the 

 wagon bed. As the 

 husker goes along the 

 rows, he can easily 

 throw the good ears 

 from the good stalks 

 into one compartment, 

 and the poor ears or 

 ears from poor stalks 

 into the other. A sec- 

 ond selection must be 

 made at the seed house, 

 and all undesirable ears 



Fig 21-Illustratlng Young Earof Corn thrown OUt which es- 



Before silking c a p e d the eye of the 



Magnified , , x - - 



husker. In order to do 

 this most satisfactory and economically, the selected 

 corn can be thrown out of the wagon into a general 

 bin at the seed house. Here other men can select 

 the seed to be finally preserved and pile it up in 

 sections, discarding all inferior ears. During the 



