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of corn he can select from the home crop. One very 

 important thing in choosing corn for an exhibit is the 

 principle of uniformity. In order to get a high rating 

 on an exhibit, all the ears in the set must look alike as 

 nearly as possible. Pick out the best ten ears you can 

 find, which by careful measurement and comparison 



FIG. 18. DRYING RACK FOB SEED COEN 



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are nearest alike. Arrange all the exhibits which are 

 brought to school, so as to show them to the best ad- 

 vantage. See the lesson on corn judging and scoring. 

 Have some outside person judge the corn, invite the 

 parents in, award prizes, talk corn, and make a great day 

 of the corn exhibit. Save the ten ears that won first 

 prize and bring them to the county and state corn shows. 



