Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 213, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1918 — FARMERS GIVEN ADVICE ABOUT SAVING SEED CORN [ARTICLE]

FARMERS GIVEN ADVICE ABOUT SAVING SEED CORN

Lafayette, Sept. 16 ; —“Select seed corn from standing stalks and 88 as the corn is mature,’ is the murage too Indiana farmers from C. Henrv of Purdue university, state leadn’of the campaign for fall B « lect ’®" of seed, which is being waged under the auspices of the Indiana committee on food production and conservation. “If this bit of advice is followed, it will mean that every farmer in the state will be supplied seed corn to plant next spring, he height at which the ears are borne on the stalk bear a direct relation to the maturity, the highest ears being uniformly later. Diseases can be detected at thia time and aH ears from diseased stalks should be passed by. G. N. Hoffer, of Purdue university, has shown that most diseases are transmitted through the seed. Nubbins are largely a result of eome form of disease. The character at the stalk and ear should be judged together. This is impossible -where crib selection is practiced. “Corn is made up of cellular tissues. Freezing bursts the cell walls of moist corn in the same way that it bursts earthenware vessels filled with water. Hence, corn should be stared in an airy place where there is no danger of freezing until thoroughly dry. It should be so hung up or racked that no two ears touch. Molds and rot will not develop where these conditions exist.” , A