APPENDIX 131 



Dear Friend and Patron of the School 



The teachers and pupils of School, have decided 



to have, on , a "Corn and Other Products Day," 



and we cordially invite your cooperation and attendance. Bring 

 good samples of corn, fruit, potatoes, tomatoes, poultry, and other 

 home or farm products that you care to exhibit, and help us to 

 make it a day of educational value. A special program, partici- 

 pated in by the pupils and others, will be a feature of the day. 



Please bear in mind that this is your school and that your 

 cooperation and presence will be both a help and an inspiration. 

 Sincerely yours, 



, Teacher. 



Selecting the Exhibit for Corn Day. The exhibit from 

 one person usually consists of five or ten ears of corn. Some- 

 times a ten-ear exhibit to represent the entire local school is 

 made up by selecting that number of ears from the best ones 

 brought in by all the members of the school. 



One very important thing to observe in choosing and 

 arranging such exhibits is the principle of uniformity. This 

 means that in order to get a high rating all the ears in the 

 set must look alike as nearly as possible. A corn judge often 

 discards a set of five to ten ears from any further considera- 

 tion simply because the exhibitor included among them one 

 ear that was an inch longer than the rest, or of a different 

 shade in color, or that has a different number of rows of ker- 

 nels, or kernels of noticeably different shape or size than 

 those on the rest of the ears. Sometimes the size of cob in 

 one ear differs from all the others, or one ear is crooked or 

 has "twisted" rows of kernels, while all the rest are straight. 

 Any of these defects spoil the uniformity of the set and cause 



