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BULLETIN 132, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Class. 



SCORE CARD FOR COTTON PLANT. 



Variety 



The cotton plant. 



Plant, vigorous, stocky, 25 points: 

 Size 



Form, symmetrical, spreading, conical 



Stalk, minimum amount of wood in proportion to fruit 



Branches, springing from base, strong, vigorous, in pairs, short jointed, 

 inclined upward 



Head, well branched and filled, fruited uniformly 



Fruiting, 24 points: 



Bolls, large, uniformly developed, plump, sound, firm-. 



Number of bolls, according to variety 



Bolls per pound of seed cotton, large, 40-60; medium, 60-75; small, 80-110. 



Character of bolls, number of locks 4 to 7; kinds of sepals; retention of 

 cotton 



Opening of bolls, uniform including top crop, classify as good, medium, 



poor 



Yield — Standard 1 bale per acre, 30 points: 



Seed cotton, estimated by average plant, distance of planting, per cent 

 of stand, plants per acre; thin uplands, 10,000; fertile uplands, 6,500; 

 "bottoms," 4,500; distance of plants, 3 J by 1\ feet, 4 J by Hfeet, 4£ by 2 

 feet, respectively ". 



Per cent of lint, not less than 30, stan dai d 40 



Seeds, 30-50 per boll, large, plump, easily delinted; color, according to 



variety; germination not less than 95 per cent 



Quality and character of lint, 21 points: 



Strength, tensile strain good, even throughout length 



Length, long, according to local standard; upland, § to 1 inch; interme- 

 diate, 1} to |f inches; long staple, 14 to 2 inches 



Fineness, fibers soft, silky and pliable, responsive to touch 



Uniformity, all fibers of equal length, strength, fineness 



Purity, color dead white; fiber free from stain, dirt, and trash 



Total 



Per- 

 fect 

 score. 



Stu- 

 dent's 

 score. 



Corrected 

 score. 



Remarks 



Name of pupil. 



Class 



Date 



SCORE CARD FOR CORN. 



Variety = 



STANDARD. 



Ears per stalk 



Yield per acre bushels. 



Grain 



Color; 



Cob 



Stalks per acre 



Weight of ears pounds. 



Length inches. 



Ear: 



Circumference inches. 



Standard. 



Stu- 

 dent's 

 score. 



Corrected 

 score. 



Uniformity: 



a. Uniformity of exhibit) 



b. Trueness to type / 



Shape of ear, cylindrical 



Weight, according to standard 



Length, according to standard 



Circumference, according to standard 



Market condition and quality, sound and bright. 



Color, no discolored grains 



Tips, covered over end 



Butts, filled out, rows straight 



Space between rows, very little 



Uniformity and shape of kernels 



Per cent of grain, estimated 



Total 



Remarks 



Name of pupil. 



.Found. 



Date. 



