They eat seeds, corn and fruit.

牠们吃种子、玉米和水果。

The seed corn does not sprout, but rots, if the ground is cold and wet.

如果土地变得又冷又湿，玉米的种子就不会发芽，而会腐烂。

She asked to buy seed corn from them and they promised it and fell to discussing farm problems.

她提出要向他们买些玉米种，他们表示答应，接着就谈起农场上的问题来。

They had all made her welcome at Mimosa and had insisted on giving, not selling, her the seed corn.

在米莫萨，人们都很欢迎她，并且坚持要送给她玉米种，而不不要钱。

The plow turned over a strip of sod on top of the seed corn.

犁翻过玉米种子上面的一片草皮。

In the winter—at the very first threshing—he set aside his seed corn for the next spring, in order to have it done; best to have things done and done with; he was a methodical man.

在冬天——在第一次打谷时——他为来年春天留下了种子玉米， 以便完成它。 最好把事情做完； 他是一个有条不紊的人。