COBN JUDGING 



101 



Judging Corn 



101. Score-card. — The object in judging ears of corn is 

 to select the best seed corn. Various score-cards have 

 been devised as helps in selecting the best ears by applying 

 a scale of points to the different features. 



The score-eards in use in different states vary somewhat. 

 Their purpose is to direct attention in turn to each of the points 

 of merit or demerit of each ear. A perfect ear, if such an ear 

 existed, would score 100 points. Deductions, or cuts, are made 

 according to the amount of deficiency in any quality. 



In the following table are printed for reference score-oards 

 used in several Southern and Western States : — 



1. Uniformity of exhibit . . . . 



2. Maturity and market condition . . 



3. Purity as shown by color of kernel . 



4. Purity as shown by color of cob . 



5. Shape of ear ... 



6. Proportion, length to circumference 



7. Butts .... ... 



8. Tips 



9. Space between rows 



10. Per cent grain to ear 



11. Trueness to ts^pe 



12. Space between kernels at cob . . . 



13. Grain — (a) shape 



(h) uniformity .... 

 (c) germ 



14. Length of ear 1 • ■ .... 



I Weight of ear . . 



15. Circumference 



20 



100 



100 



100 



10 



100 



100 100 100 



10 



10 



5 

 5 



10 

 10 

 10 

 5 

 5 

 20 

 5 



100 



