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PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 



discarded, the remaining ears should be placed side by side 

 and at least two kernels removed from the middle of each 

 and placed above the ear for comparison. From now on 

 we can more easily study the different points by using the 

 corn score card. 



THE CORN SCORE CARD 



The score card is necessarily arbitrary and inflexible, and 

 should not be followed too closely in the final judging and 



DEPTH OF KERNELS 



In ears No. 1 and 2 the kernels are too shallow and the percentage of cob to 



ear is too great. Ears Nos. 3 and 4 show deep wedge-shaped kernels 



and will shell out a high percentage of corn 



comparison of samples. Nevertheless, it is the best aid the 

 beginner has for determining the relative values and differ- 

 ent points of merit in different samples. The corn growers' 

 associations in the different states have all adopted some 

 form of score card to be used in the work of corn judging 

 at their annual short courses held at the state agricultural 

 colleges. 



