120 FIELD CROPS 



SCORE CARD FOR CORN 



(From Indiana Circular 18.) 



Standard 

 Salient Points Score 



Uniformity of Exhibit ' 10 



Shape of Ears 10 



Length of Ears 10 



Color of Grain and Cob 10 



Tips of Ears 5 



Butts of Ears 5 



Kernel : 



a Shape 10 



b Indentation 5 



c Uniformity 10 



Seed Condition 15 



Proportion of Grain to Cob 10 



Total 100 



SPECIAL TYPE OF SCORE CARD FOR CORN 

 USED BY THE EXTENSION DIVISION, IOWA STATE COLLEGE 



Points 

 I. Will It Yield? 25 



That is, will it yield well; has it constitution; can we depend 

 on it even when conditions are unfavorable? 

 II. Will It Ripen? 2.5 



That is, will it mature; will it ripen every year; is it safe for 

 the locality? 



III. Does It Show Improvement? 25 



That is, has it breeding; has it a distinct type; will it repro- 

 duce itself; has it several years of careful selection and 

 improvement back of it? 



IV. Will It Grow? 25 



That is, has it vitality; will it germinate; will it all grow and 

 grow uniformly, giving strong, vigorous plants? 



100 • 



The object of the score card is simply to call the judge's 

 or the student's attention to the various points of importance 

 in the sample under consideration so that no point will be 

 overlooked. The relative values given these different points 

 are not so important as the fact that thay all are considered 

 and that all the corn in each class is judged on the same 

 basis. There are very few judges of expeiience who use the 

 score card. They have trained themselves unt'il they are 

 able to observe and weigh the relative merits of the different 

 points of each sample of corn presented to them. 



160. Placing Samples. When attempting to judge a 

 large number of samples of corn on exhibition, the first step 



