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(15). Professional maize breeders, seed dealers, or expert CHAP, 

 judges will not be allowed to compete except in classes VL 

 specially arranged for them. 



(16). A bag of shelled maize shall weigh 203 lbs. gross. 



(17). A bag of ears must be contained in a full muid maize 

 sack, and must weigh about 100 lbs. 



(18). An ear of maize is a cob with the grain still attached, 

 but with the husks removed. 



(19). In classes in which the breed is not specified, each 

 entry must be conspicuously labelled with the name of the 

 breed, or the entry will be disqualified, and the name of the 

 breed, as given by the exhibitor, should be printed in the show 

 catalogue. 



195. The Prize-list. — It is important that the growing of 

 recognized standard breeds of maize be encouraged ; the offer- 

 ing of prizes for specific named breeds is doing much to per- 

 manently improve the maize industry of South Africa. The 

 custom of allowing one recognized breed to compete with 

 another in the same class (except for a championship) should 

 not be allowed, except in certain special cases indicated farther 

 on in this chapter. 



196. Classification. — The proper classification of exhibits 

 is essential to the educational value of a show, and to suc- 

 cessful judging. In the classification of maize two main points 

 should receive consideration : — 



(1) The exhibition of ears selected for seed, by which the 

 would-be buyer can determine by whom and where 

 the best seed maize is grown in his particular dis- 

 trict, province, or country. In this section there 

 are usually two subsections, (a) the ten-ear and 

 (b) the single-ear competitions. It is sometimes 

 argued that this section has no value to the prac- 

 tical farmer because " anyone can grow ten good 

 ears in his back garden ". This, however, is not 

 the case. To produce ten really good exhibition 

 ears from a small plot is almost impossible, owing 

 to the much greater danger of imperfect pollination, 

 attacks by insect pests, etc. The ten-ear and 

 single-ear competitions are essentially educational ; 

 through them a farmer learns what to select for seed. 



