□ CORN, POTATOES, OATS, GRASS SEED 
What Constitutes a Good Seed Corn ? 
In this era of corn shows the impression is being created that a varietj' is not fit 
to plant unless the ears conform to the standards set by the experts. This is important 
but not of first imjjortance. The very first requirement of a practical corn to plant is 
that the variety is capable of producing on everj- stalk a good ear. 
We have known a corn field 3'ielding only 35 bushels shelled corn per acre to con- 
tribute 10 selected ears that rightfully won prizes at a corn show. Close hy the same 
field, farmed under similar conditions and methods, was another field that \ ielded 70 
bushels shelled corn per acre and not an ear with a chance at a corn exhibit. 
For practical farming the variety producing the show ears was not equal in value 
to the variety giving a double yield. The formation of the ears is an important matter 
and a desirable point in favor of an}' variet)-, but in our estimation it is always 
secondary in importance to the power that a variety- has to produce a good ear on 
every stalk one after the other in the row. 
Martin Corn Racks 
These, used by us in our iseed warehouse for drjdng corn and protecting same from 
mice, should interest farmers who select their seed corn from their own crop. Nothing 
better can be devised for this purpose. We recommend them without reserve. A single 
rack will hold 100 ears — nearly three bushel baskets of average corn. If the ears are 
large a rack will hold three full bushel baskets. We can furnish these racks to \ ou, 
carefully crated, f. o. b. cars here, at $1.00 each, $5.00 for six, $9.50 per dozen. 
