Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-09-11
Seed C0rn-ShOuld Be Saup1d
This Week Hdney Declares; M
]. Urging Necessity az Crop

favorable season there would. be
enough seed On hand fora another
years planting. A great. nany4i have
realized to s.thefrN sorrow that tthey
should pay attention TO this particu-
lar matter. II you have the facilities
for handling more than this amount
there Is a good profit in saving some
seed to be. sold, Seed corn that has
been heldss over sold at IS to 81 a
bushel recently, and certainly, no one
should hesitate to pay, - for SEED
corn that has been carefully saved
IN his own neighborhood, especially If
he a not taken the precautions to
save 1t himself, There is no question
but that there will be an increased
demand In the northwest each spring
for every bushel Of seed that can be
saved. The western provinces Of Can
ada are growing an increased acreage
OF corn, and are realizing that the
best seed for them is grown along the
and Minnesota. .l
Drying Seed Corn.
1t is advisable to save seed before
heavy frosts,Fs because of the fact that
freezing Of green corn is. certain to
injure the termination if not destroy
it., entirely. - The almost essential step
in saving seed corp, after it has been
gathered from the field. is to get it
thoroughly dried out as quickly as
I possible.
Remove Moisture Promptly.
There Is no agency thai will re-
move moisture from seed corr like a
,, free circulation of dry air during the
warm days Of fall. This means that
the corn should be hung up or placed
in racks, so that there would be q
perfect and free circulation Lof air
about every ear.
/ One of the simplest means for Sc
curing such results it to weave this
| corn into strings, or tic them together
so that when they are hung up on
the rafters or joists, where there is
q free circulation Of air. the ears will
not touch! Everyone should be fam
liar with THE different methods of
hanging up corn with strings. There
are of course many racks of different
kinds that can be used for this pur-
pose. The Northwest Seed Corn Rack
has proved mo- satisfactory on the
T.. H. c. Farm.
The Northwest Seed Corn Rack.
The Northwest Seed Corn Rack is
! made by lacking a square mesh woven
| wire on a frame fxS feet made OF
2x4's. The wire is put on each side
Of the frame with the meshes ex-
actly opposite so hat the ears may
be put through the two meshes. Elk
cept where the cars lie On the wire
they do not come In contact with
anything. and can dry out rapidly.
THE bottom of the frame is set ur
a Moot, which admits of a free cir
culation of air under the racks and
makes it possible to put tin around
the. legs to prevent mice from getting
at the corn. Feet may also be nailed
on the bottom Of the legs so that the
rack will stand alone.
Sixty Of these racks are in use on
the I. H. G. Farm. Grand Forks. N. D.,
each holding about 7QNears Of corn,
They are set so that there is six or
eight inches between them to allow
a free circulation OF air. This -Aad-
mits of putting a very, large amour:
of corn in a small space, and the
dry:ng is remarkably rapid. 1t takes
very little time to put the corn in
these racks, and it stays there unit.
taken sout. These racks may be SCI
in a spare, or hung in the attic
or furnace room. When dry the corr