188 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Corn Club, Potato Club, Hay Club. 

 These clubs differ somewhat from those described above. 

 They embody the idea of production under field conditions 

 rather than garden conditions. 



Corn Report. 

 Date of planting seed, 

 Number of hills planted, 

 Number of kernels planted in drills. 

 Did you plant other seeds between the rows? 

 How many stalks of corn grew? 

 How many stalks had two or more ears on them? 

 How many ears of corn did you raise? 

 Did you exhibit at a local fair? 

 Did you exhibit at an agricultural fair? 

 What premiums did you win? 

 Have you saved any seed for next year? 



Name, 



P. 0. Address, 

 Date, 



Bow to Study an Ear of Corn. 



1. Is it hard to twist and bend? 



2. Is it cylindrical and straight, and do the rows of kernels run straight? 



3. Are the grains firmly set on the cob, do they touch each other, have 

 the same smoothness, and are all of the same size except at the ends? 



4. How does the weight of the ear compare with the average weight of 

 twenty others unsorted? 



5. The length is how many times the thickness? 



6. Do the grains at the butt end come to the place where the shank 

 was broken off? 



7. Do the grains completely cover the tips? 



8. Do the rows touch each other and aU reach from end to end? 



9. Are the grains uniform in color? 



Potato Club. 

 Selection for Exhibit — Potatoes. 

 If you can answer all the following questions with "yes" 

 you may be sure that you have a good plate or peck of potatoes 

 for the contest: — 



