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If you find a stalk of corn you deem desirable for seed, detassel all 

 undesirable stalks within ten feet of it, or you may have for your seed 

 the very stalk you deem most undesirable. Careful attention to this 

 matter will do much to increase the quality and quantity of corn in 

 this State next year. 



SCORE CARD FOR JUDGING CORN. 



The associations determined the points desired in an ear of corn of 

 a specified type, and arranged them in groups of 100 points, to be 

 used in judging corn. The score cards are not uniform in all the 

 States. The following table shows the cards of the respective States 

 named : 



1 Uniformity of exhibit 



2 Maturity and market condition 



3 Purity as shown by color kernel 



4 Purity as shown by color cob 



5 Shape of ear 



6 Proportion length and circumference- 



7 Butts 



8 Tips 



9 Space between rows , — 



10 Per cent corn to ear 



11 Trueness to type 



12 Space between rows at cob 



13 Grains— (a) shape 



(6) uniformity 



(c) germ 



14 Length of ear 



15 Circumference 



§ 



15 



10 



5 



5 



10 



10 



5 



5 



5 



10 



5 



5 



10 



5 



100 



5 

 10 



5 



5 



10 



5 



5 



5 



10 



10 



5 



10 



5 



5 



5 



100 



5 



10 



10 



5 



10 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



15 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 10 



10 



Hi 



5 



5 



5 



10 



10 



5 



5 



5 



10 



10 



5 



10 



5 



10 



5 

 10 

 10 



20 



5 

 5 



10 

 5 



100 100 1 100 



10 



5 



10 



5 



10 



5 

 5 



10 



10 



10 



5 



5 



20 



5 



5 



100 



10 



5 



5 



5 



10 



10 



5 



5 



10 



10 



100 



10 



5 



10 



5 



in 



20 



10 



5 

 5 



10 



5 



100 



5 

 5 



10 



5 

 10 



5 

 20 

 10 



10 



5 



10 



10 



5 



5 



5 



O C 



10 

 5 

 5 



10 



5 



5 



5 



IS 



5 



100 100 



5 



5 



5 



10 



10 



5 



5 



10 



10 



5 



100 



SCORE CARD FOR NORTH CAROLINA. 



The determination as to what this shall be should have careful con- 

 sideration. There must be several, as we have different types of corn 

 that are most productive in different sections of the State or in dif- 

 ferent kinds of soil, as upland and bottom, e. g., prolific corn, upland 



