CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VI. 



JUDGING AND SELECTION FOR EXHIBITION. 



SECTION 



193. The object of exhibiting at Agricultural Shows 



194. Rules governing maize exhibits 



195. The prize-list 



196. Classification 



197. Sections 



198. Classes 



199. Championships . 



200. Principles of judging 



201. Methods of judging 



202. Judging maize for seed 



203. Desirable characters for breeding ears 



204. South African score card for seed-maize 



205. Length of ear 



206. Sulci or space between rows 



207. Shape of grain . 



208. Length of grain . 



209. Uniformity of grain 



210. Yield of grain per ear 



211. Trueness to type and breed characteristics 



212. Shape of ears 



213. Straightness of rows 



214. Uniformity of exhibit 



215. Butts of ears 



216. Thickness of cob 



217. Tips of ears 



218. Colour of grain . 

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220. Market condition 



221. Colour of cob 



222. Circumference of ears 



223. Standards of perfection 



224. Judging shelled maize and the accompanying ears 



225. Judges' computing sheet 



226. Useful form of judge's card 



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CHAPTER VII. 



VARIETIES AND BREEDS. 



227. Botanical varieties ...... 



228. Pod maize, Zea Mays var. tunicata St. Hil. 



229. Pop maize, Zea Mays var. precox Bonaf. . 



230. Flint maize, Zea Mays var. indurata (Sturt.) Bailey 



231. Dent maize, Zea Mays var. indentata (Sturt.) Bailey 



232. Soft maize, Zea Mays var. erythrolepis (Bonaf.) Alef. 



233. Sugar maize, Zea Mays var. rugosa Bonaf. 



234. The agricultural breeds ..... 



235. Comparative yield of dent and flint breeds . 



236. Principal breeds of dent maize grown in America 



237. Other dent breeds grown in America . 



238. Principal breeds of dent maize grown in South Africa 



239. Hickory King ....... 



240. Hickory Horsetooth, or 12-row Hickory 



241. Salisbury White ....... 



242. Noodsberg Horsetooth ..... 



243. Mercer ........ 



244. 10-row or " Louisiana " Hickory 



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