The Democratic advocate., 1909-05-07
Mayor and members O city cOuneII of:westmInstsr.
rKsTINe sKEn eoaA.
How 10 Determine The kind That viii
terminate.

A. T.. Grantham. agronomist NJ the
Delaware College Experiment Station,
has issued the following bulletin on
THE Buying and Testing Of Seed
Corn
Recently, the Experiment station
has received several Inquiries regard
Ing seed corn These aueaginua relate
mainly TO the adoptahliisy ~ various
varieties 10 certain soils and to tho
sedvlaabillty 81 planting seed corn
grown NJ distance
In general Il IL safer 10 secure
seed corn from neighhor. who "a a
successful grower than 70 send away
for Beed Corn grown In the same
locality for . number of years has ad.
iusted lta habits of growth 70 soil and
climatic conditions. and. other things
being equal. Is more likely % yield
we'll than seed brought from another
section The chances are that seed
from heavy aoii will. when planted
on an open sandy soil. fail 20 produce
sound corn Choose variety with a
I medium sized cob aud moderate depth
/ Of grain 20 mature well Varieties
with large cobs Indicate late ma
turing habit
"Ail seed corn should be bought In
\ the enr for two reasons First, in or.
def that ti4e type ~ ear may he ex.
anineds second. that the vitality of
! the seed may he satisfactorily tsAtrd
( AhelIed corn u4Ay havN eusne from all
kinds ol ears. many of them uude.
airnbin for Naed purposes
Even when seed corn has been
| given the bast attention Il iH a good
l practice 10 test every ear before plant
I ing ae no one can determine positively
/ b. inspection which ears wiii not
grow since one enr plants so many
hills. about one-tweitsh acre. Il is
| important 20 have every car furnish
strong seed Anyone can easily de-
teet and discard the poor seed ears
I bY this following method
After selecting the earn from
which you wish to plant. las them out
IN rows on a table, platform. OF on The
flo0r Al the butt of each ear inscFibc
a number on the floor. using chalk or
pencil Number the ears consecutive
~ from ] 10 the last. From near the
\ tip, middle and butt Of each ear re-
! move three or four Kernels ten IN all
from each ear Naw take a shallow
/ box or I feet square aud about OF
4 inches deep. and IN 1t place about
inches OF sand. of old aawduRs Mois-
ten Il down well. Then over this
spread white muslin cloth, cut 20 fit
/ which haa bean marked OF into
2 inch squares with lead pencil. Tbs
squares are numbered In order from
In the upper left hand corner 20 the
last square IN the lower right hand
corner. II one ia to test n large guam.
4 tity OF seed at one time. several boxes
should be used
Now place the kernels ON the
squares. Those from ear No. ! on
square No. /. until the box is filled
Over the kernels place a cloth on
which sprinkle i-4 inch Of sand
Moisten thoroughly and place the box
In room whore the temperature doef
not fall below 10 degrees. In four on
five days most OF the kernels will have
spr0uted, and In q week those which
have not germinated may be consider
cd dead, Care should be taken NOT
TO dlaarrange the kernels on their
respective squares when the upper
cloth Is removed II the kernels on
certain square, say No. IA. fail q
i sprout, 20 to the seed ears and pick
ont No. II, and throw II into the feed
bin II only one or two Kernels In Q
square fail TO germinate. the ear from
which they came should not be used
for seed BY this method OF testing
Il is possible for the grower to be rea.
sonably sure that his seed corn viii
grow.