Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 254, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1913 — SEED CORN "JOHNNY DON’TS" [ARTICLE]

SEED CORN "JOHNNY DON’TS"

Maturity is More Important Than Blze and Most Careful Crib Selection Often Means Failure. (By J. O. RANKIN. University Farm. St Paul, Minn.) Don’t select the bare-tipped ear. Don’t ÜBe scoop-shovel selection. Don’t .pick very long or very short ears. Don’t let freezing weather catch your seed corn full of moisture. Don't think the most careful crib selection can equal careful field selection. Don’t take the ear that is large Just because it grew in a thin stand or very rich soil. Don’t forget shelling percentage in figuring which earywill yield the most shelled com per acre. Don’t think that plump, pampered seed ears are any better selectloU than pampered, over-fat, breeding stock in the hog pen or the dairy bam. Don’t select from the vicinity of barren stalks that by wihd-blown pollen may be parents of the ear you are selecting. Don’t fail to look over your score oard and make up your mind just what kind of ears will yield you the most shelled com per acre next year.