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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1912
Page
7
Take twelve ears, number them, and place kernels in numbered cloth squares. Soak cloth, wrap with damp sawdust, roll, and store near heat at about 70 degrees. After five to six days open rolls to learn seed corn condition.
Guidance on making a shallow test box to evaluate seed corn quality. Create a 36 by 40 inch box, half filled with moist sawdust, press flat, use a checkerboard of squares, and test 72 kernels from ears. Warm, then dampen pad daily. kernels with both sprouts and rootlets are best for planting while ears with only sprouts or roots are questionable and weak ears should be discarded.
The public schools are urged to run a simple seed corn experiment. Each pupil obtains twelve ears from a different farmer and tests germination at school to show what percent will not grow. Poll directions are available from the Crop Improvement Committee in Room L at the Board of Trade in Chicago.
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