I302 Rural School Leaflet 



greatest problem has been to determine just what points to use and what 

 value to give each. The general tendency, however, has been to shift 

 the weight from fancy characters to practical characters. The following 

 score card is patterned after several now in use. 



SCORE CARD FOR CORN 



Practical points indicating adaptation and viabihty Perfect score 



Maturity lo 



Plumpness of kernel lo 



Color of kernel .' lo 



Quality of gcnn lo 



Size of shank .' 5 



Fancy points indicating trueness to type 



Shape and proportions of ear 10 



Tips 5 



Butts 5 



Spacing of rows 5 



Shape of kernels 10 



Unifomiity of ears 



Size 5 



Shape : . 5 



Indentation. 5 



Kernel 5 



Total 1 00 



explanation of SCORE CARD 



The points allowed under each division of the score card represent 

 the ideal, or perfect, score. Each car, or set of ears, scored will fall more 

 or less short of the ideal, and it is only by practice and the develoi^ment 

 of judgment that one becomes able to decide qviickly and accurately how 

 much should be deducted from a perfect score for the ear, or set of ears, 

 under consideration. The following explanation of the score card will 

 serve as a guide, but practice and experience in scoring com are the only 

 ways to develop a safe judgment. 



Practical points 

 Maturity.- — -A lack of maturity is indicated in several ways: (i) the 

 ear is soft so it can be twisted whh the hands; (2) the kernels are dis- 

 colored at the tips, due to poor drying; (3) the kernels are blistered, the 



