Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1914 — HANGING SEED CORN [ARTICLE]

HANGING SEED CORN

How One Man Can Do the Work of Two in Stringing Up Seed Ears and Save Handling Beaidea. (National Crop Improvement Service.) Take 15 feet of binding twine, tie the ends, making one continuous string. Hold the knot in the left hand and the center of the string in the right hand. Hang the string on a nail, or throw over a beam, high enough so that the bottom ends of the loops clear the floor. Place an ear of corn in the double stirrup thus formed (parallel with the wall) at the bottom of the string. Keep strings 6 inches apart on the ears. Reach through the front two strings pulling forward the two rear strings, place a second ear of corn in the saw-buck thus formed. The rear strings are now the front strings. Reach between them and pull the back strings through to the front, placing a third ear, drawing the string tight with each ear. Place the tip of the first ear to the right, the second ear to the left, the third ear to the right, and so on. Fill your string and leave hanging to save handling. Fourteen good ears will be seed corn enough for one acre, but hang up plenty, as you may need it another year. Always test each fear in a wet cloth (rag doll test), or wet sawdust box before planting.