Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 44
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li ClKf'ULAB h M018TUM CONTENT AND OIBMINATION or CORN HAEvima> AT DUKINO FALL AND WINTER or 1017-1918 from Nebraska Experiment 8tation Bulletin 16 Condition of corn at time O* firs! frost. (>• ti»l.rr S f Shocked corn: 1. Fairly well matured, solid Corn standing in field : % 2. Fairly well matured, solid 3. Somewhat rubbery, twist 4. Verv rubber v, grain ilium soft 5. Grain verv soft 8. Late dough stage Moisture uid germination of ^ gathered on 1 0«-?"!»er 8 November r.» •January 17 1 Germin- Mois- •»•: min tin. ation ture at ion l>, nnt percent percent I" rccnt ]>< '"id percent : ; . . ear!•* 17 17 <<: 14 14 17 19 22 27 28 • « V 88 61 20 6 0 0 -21 ear.* ears me* 85 39 43 oil !•* 83 5(5 34 14 10 1 17 0! 92 92 82 44 L>1 7. Milk stage Minimum temperature, degrees F 63 27 34 36 24 -The first selection was made after the first killing frost which occurred in morning I t will be noticed from the accompanying table that the gemination test of the corn gathered early was satisfactory in every case except when gathered in the milk stage. The moisture content, however, of corn gathered early is high, and this necessitates care in handling the seed ears. Additional data in the Nebraska bulletin from which the above figures are taken show that in nearly every case seed selected after October 8 fell in germination test.
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