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CHAP. 

 VI. 



some cases the best entries have been disqualified on this 

 account. 



Unless the prize-list clearly states that tip and butt grains 

 are not to be removed, the exhibitor is entitled to remove 

 them, and should do so. A good judge does not study the 

 tip and butt grains, and it only makes it more difficult to 

 determine the relative merits of the bulk of the grain (which 

 is that from the centre of the ear) if the tips and butts are left 



PROVISIONAL STANDARD OF PERFECTION.— DENT BREEDS. 



