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1. Trueness to Type or Breed, 10 points, 



2. Shape of Ear, 10 points. 



(A, In Grain, 5 points. 



3. Purity j n , ^ , ' . . 



I B. In Cob, 5 points. 



4. Vitality or Seed Condition, 10 points. 



5. Tips, 5 points. 



6. Butts, 5 points. 



. (A. Uniformity, 10 points. 



7. Grains \ n , _, J '. , 



| B. Shape, 5 points. 



8. Length of Ear, 10 points. 



9. Circumference of Ear, 5 points. 



(A. Furrows between Rows, 5 points. 

 ' 1 B. Space between Tips of Grain at Cob, 5 points. 

 11. Proportion of Grain to Cob, 10 points. 



Harvesting Corn. The time and the manner of harvesting corn 

 will depend on whether it is grown for the ears alone, for fodder, 

 for both ears and stover, or for silage only. When grown for the 

 grain the ears are left on the stalks until the corn is dry enough to 

 be gathered and placed in the crib. This is generally about a 

 month after the first severe frost or a few weeks after the corn has 

 matured. Sometimes the corn is shucked as it is gathered, and 

 sometimes it is left in the shuck, according to the pleasure of the 

 farmer. A great deal of corn is now shelled in order to facilitate its 

 shipment and its handling in the grain elevators. The old-time 

 method of shelling corn by hand has now been supplanted by 

 the patented corn shellers run by hand and by steam. 



In the North Atlantic States and in some of the Central and 

 Southern States a great deal of the growing corn is cut and put into 

 shocks or into silos. A great deal of the cutting is done by hand 

 with the old time corn knife, but in many places the patented 

 corn cutter and corn harvester are coming into use. The com- 

 bined corn binder and corn shocker is a new machine which is 

 becoming very popular in some localities on account of the labor 

 it saves. The corn picker and husker is another valuable labor- 

 saving device which eliminates the disagreeable features of husking 

 by hand. 



The Corn Picker and Husker. This machine picks and husks 



