|
|
Definition of Seed corn
1. Noun. Good quality seeds (as kernels of corn) that are reserved for planting.
Definition of Seed corn
1. Noun. Seed that is saved from one year's harvest for the subsequent year's planting, rather than being used to make flour etc. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Seed corn
1. A papilloma or wart on the sole of the foot. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seed Corn
Literary usage of Seed corn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The farmers wished to secure the largest possible yield, and so drilled their
seed corn in such a manner as to secure an unusually large number of stalks in ..."
2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1902)
"The average annual amount of seed corn used in Illinois, ... The ordinary method
of selecting seed corn is to pick out of the general crib in the spring, ..."
3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1908)
"To bring the matter of testing seed corn as closely home as possible to the
individual farmer, suppose that he raises 80 acres of corn, and thit his normal ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"As a rule the seed corn used for planting the crop of the world is subject to
little, if any. intelligent selection of seed ears. ..."
5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"All hut five of these farmers planted the best variety of seed corn best adapted
... Seed-corn and clover seed In the seed-house of the Dekalb County Soil ..."
6. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1901)
"He should purchase his seed from reliable seed corn growers, of whom there ...
Insufficient vitality in seed corn manifests itself in the small percentage ..."
7. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"As a rule it is not advisable to send outside of the state for seed corn, ...
seed corn should be selected in the field early in the fall, before frost, ..."
8. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1909)
"Furthermore, a test' of seed corn, such as we farmers use, is not reliable ...
Although he had good -seed corn, he would justify himself in planting corn, ..."
Other Resources:
