have corn that will mature earlier if
vou gather your seed b More thu cob is
v.e.l uried. Don't pile u up in a close
room to heat and oil, for if seed h"
tiiorouglilj heated u wili not germin
ate or grow. 1 have picked s.-cd con;
fi'um corn that wa' just oat of the miik,
or lit fur boiling corn, and ri-tcJ it up
and hung it up ri the !"ft of my gran
ery. andal-o spread it out liiin on a
scaffold, and never hxd aay trouble
anoitt its giowiug. 10 be sure, it will ;
shrink r drv ui, but it does not hurt, j
ami if vou tiV it vou will rind, if It is I
po-KCU oeiore li is inorouguiv ripe, :
that It will come tin stroinrcr aud hare i
a better color than if l,ft until dead !
ripe, and the kernel will sooner rot and j
picKeu ueinrc 1. is niuiuu.k-inv ripe, ;
the birds aud cut worms will not both- i
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more time to go into llic lieij anu look ,
ii ..n linli-r.. I.nc1. im? t i i. ).ti: .r 111 r
r-S-. . ir' ir in V.i.i ... i ;
geiieraiiv pick the seed about the mid-!
uie of September in Ceu'ral Iowa.
, X v-aH uwaavs -
. board, eighteen Inches long and a foot !
r...7i .. l.l.. . i- ..i,..,. I n 1'as "
e-iwide, n.ll a bloc about si. niches ,
nuueoiu quotas. lake an men i
irom caeii en-i, men nan anotner piece.
