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W'-For commercial purposes, seed corn
is usually stored in- one of three ways-:
Qn the floor, in large drying rooms in
•sjatted crates, piled on top' of one, an
other or in narrow cribs, built in
drying rooms. -.The idea is to secure
as nearly a& possible, the proper con
ditions, and, still dry large amounts of
seed corn. Whefl stored in any of the
above ways one condition for drying
is often entirely lacking, namely, a I
^ree circulation of air. 'This explains
why see3 corn from Seedsmen 2l2.y
Sometimes be low iu„ germination. -JM
^Many devices, easily and Cheaply
built, are now in use whereby circula
tion of air can be secured around each
^ar of corn. Four very desirable meth
ods of storing seed corn on the farm
mwFvbe: built, about four feet square.
Braces .should be nailed on each end,
to "make the frame stand upright. Aft
er wis has been done, si-retch chicken
wire over both sides, nailing it secure
ly using care to make the meshes on
both sides to correspond. In each
mesh can be placed an ear, no two
ears touching. -In case chicken-net
ting is not available, nail boards over
the frame, drive ten-penny finishing
nails through the boards from each,
side, and jab the -ears on the nails,
butts- first. The nails should slant up
slightly so the ears will not fall off.
