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Excerpt from Jefferson Seed Corn: A Book of Facts for the Wholesale Trade Established in 1884 with the aim and purpose of breeding, growing, and preparing Quality Seed Corn for the Wholesale Trade. Now recognized as the World's largest growers and dealers in Seed Corn, with shipments to practically every Corn growing state and country. A yearly acreage of more than acres, owned and oper ated by ourselves, balance contracted. Located in the Heart of the Iowa Corn Belt, where soils and climate are ideal for quality production, and in the County that produced the Champion Corn shown in the Horn of Plenty at the San Francisco Exposition. Amply equipped for sorting, testing, cleaning, grading, artificial drying and handling a quality product in a scientific manner. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
"Corn yields can be increased more surely and more cheaply by the use of better seed than in any other way. Seed corn should be selected in the field from stalks which yield best in equal competition with others. It should be of a variety which succeeds well and matures under local conditions. Ears should be saved only from stalks free from disease. Drooping ears which shed rain readly should be selected, and these should be borne on the stalks at a convenient height for husking. In the South, ears which are well protected from insects by a long, tight shuck covering should be chosen. The same day that seed is gathered it should be hung in a dry airy place. One of the best ways to cure seed corn is to hang it from the rafters of a barn or open shed. It should not be allowed to freeze before it is thoroughly dry. After it is well cured it should be stored in a dry place where it will remain secure from mice, rats, birds and insects. Well-cured seed corn will yield a much better crop than seed originally as good but injured through lack of care. Generally speaking, the seed corn that produces the best crop is the cheapest. Farmers are justified in devoting considerable time to selecting and caring for it or in paying good prices if better seed corn is purchased."--Page 2