22 The Bulletin. 



suggested score-card fob north carolina. 



Uniformity of exhibit 5 



Trueuess to type 5 



Prolificacy 15 



Shape of ear 2 



Purity '^ 



Butts 3 



Tips 20 



Space between rows 10 



Dimensions of ear 2 



Uniformity of grain 3 



Per cent of corn to cob 20 



Viability 10 



Uniformity of Exhibit. — The ears must all be as nearly the same 

 length as possible. The ears may be short or they may be long, as 

 regards the standard length of the variety exhibited, but they must all 

 be of the same length. If some of the butts are poor, let them all be 

 poor alike, or let them all be good alike. If the variety is white, let all 

 the ears be perfectly Avhite, and do not exhibit a lot of corn of mixed 

 color unless this mixture of color is characteristic of the variety. Let 

 the exhibit present a rounded whole and not an irregular mixture of 

 varieties and types. 



Trueness to Type. — If a cylindrical ear is the type, let all the ears 

 be cylindrical. If the type of ear is one that naturally tapers, see that 

 all ihe ears in the lot taper. 



Prolificacy. — It is generally conceded that the prolific corns produce 

 more bushels per acre than the one-ear varieties, and for this reason it 

 would seem advisable to encourage the growth of these higher yielding 

 strains. Other things being equal, therefore, an exhibit of a prolific 

 variety of corn will generally take the premium over a nonprolific. In 

 our score-card we have, therefore, allowed fifteen points for prolificacy. 



The prolific corns always bear comparatively small ears, but the 

 exhibit should contain the largest ears that can be found in the crop of 

 the prolific variety grown. The contestant must not exhibit nubbins, 

 but well-grown ears of the variety and of good shape and soundness. 



Purity. — This refers more especially to the breeding of the variety. 

 If the variety has white cobs, there must not be an occasional red cob 

 in the exhibit. If the corn is white, the ears must not have an occa- 

 sional red, yellow, or blue grain, but all the grains on all the ears must 

 be white. If the variety has a smooth dented ear, the exhibit must not 

 contain ears with rough dented, chaffy grains, but all grains on all ears 

 must have the same general characteristics. 



Butts. — The contestant must be very careful to see that ears with 

 well-filled butts are selected. A poorly filled butt shows lack of proper 

 pollination, which may be transmitted and become a serious defect in 

 the variety. 



