JUDGING AND SELECTION 



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Score Card for Judging Maize Ears. 



Show 



No. of Exhibit 



Name and Address of Exhibitor. 



Date .. 

 Class Breed. 



CHAP. 

 VI. 



Disqualify any exhibit of whits maize which has a. red eob. 

 If any exhibit is conspicuously deficient in one or more of the eight last- 

 named points, those particular points should be taken into consideration first. 



Score. 



Length of ears. (Measure and compare with standard 

 of perfection ; add the total sum of the deficiency, 

 and for each inch cut i point) ..... 



Sulci, i.e. space between rows. (Cut I for sulci | inch 

 wide or over, -75 for ,',. to J; '5 for :l \ r to T \,) 



Shape of grain. (This depends partly on the breed; it 

 is usually desirable for the grain to be wedge-shaped, 

 and even in Hickory King it should be longer than 

 broad ; take particular note of the shoulders at top 

 and bottom of the grain. Allow -5 for every ear 

 having well-shaped grain) ...... 



Length of grain. (This must depend on the breed 

 standard ; a well-grown Hickory King may be \ ,'. 

 inch long; and a good Yellow Horsetooth, Eureka , 

 Reid, or loiva Silver-mine should reach J inch; 

 cut 1 for every ear having short grain) 



Uniformity of grain. (Place one grain from each ear 

 side by side; cut 1 for every grain which is not 

 uniform with the majority) ..... 



. Yield of grain. (Carefully shell and weigh the grain 

 from half the ears in each exhibit; take the average 

 weight per ear, and for each J oz. below standard cut 

 1 point) ......... 



If exhibits score at all closely on the above six points, 

 the following eight additional points should be taken into 

 consideration ; — 



7. Trueness to type or breed characteristics. (Cut '5 for 



each ear not coming up to standard in this particular) 



8. Shape of ear and straightness of rows . 



9. Uniformity of exhibit ...... 



10. Covering of butts ....... 



it. Covering of tips ....... 



12. Colour of grain. (Cut for variation in shade or tint) 



13. Size of embryo ....... 



14. Market condition (i.e. dryness and soundness of ear and 



grain and firmness of grain on the cob; the grains 

 should be free from decay and should be well filled, 

 not shrivelled nor chaffy) ...... 



N.B.— Some breeds, e.g. Ladysmith, Boone County, 

 and Iowa Silver-mine, have naturally rough 

 grain ; no cut should be made for roughness 

 unless it is clearly due to lack of condition ; cut 

 1 for every ear out of condition. 



Points. 



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