Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1917 — KEEP SEED CORN SAFE DURING THE WINTER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

KEEP SEED CORN SAFE DURING THE WINTER

(From th® United States Department of Agriculture.) Seed corn may be left on the racks where the ears ha’ve been dried. But it is generally preferable, says the United States department of agriculture, to store the ears in mouse-proof barrels, bores or crates during the winter. In any case they must not be exposed to dampness or they will absorb moisture and be injured. After hanging In the drying shed, or lying on the racks where there Is constant circulation of dry air for the first two months after they have been selected from the stalks In the field, the seed ears should be bone dry and contain Jess than 10 per cent of moisture. Some farmers place the thoroughly dry ears In the center of a wheat bin and then fill the bln with loose, dry wheat. Destroy Weevils and Moths. If signs <>f weevils or grain moths show, the corn should be Inclosed with carbon bisulphhl in a practically alr-

tight room, bin, box or barrel for 48 hours. The liquid bisulphid should be placed In shallow dishes on top of the box or barrel holding ten bushels or less. The fumes from the bisulphid are heavier than air and gradually fall to the bottom of the receptacle, permeating the whole mass. One pound of the carbon bisulphid is enough for a room or bin ten /eet in each dimension. After fumigation the ears must be thoroughly aired, whereupon •he unpleasant odor disappears. Great care should be used with carbon bisulphid; Its fumes are quite a.s inflammable its thoae front gasoline. To prevent the entrance of weevils and moths, the ears may be stored In comparatively airtight boxes or barrels with one poqnd of moth balls or naphthalene for each bushel of corn, which is not injured. Ten pounds will protect enough seed to plant 60 acres.

CONVENIENT RACK FOR DRYING SEED CORN.