JUDGING AND SELECTION 

 Score Card for Judging Shelled Maize. 



Show Date.. 



No. of Exhibit Class Breed. 



Name and Address of Exhibitor 



267 



CHAP. 

 VI. 



Score. 



N.B. — Some judges find it more convenient to allow only 

 one point instead of five for each item on the score 

 card; it makes no difference so long as either method 

 is used consistently throughout. 



Quality of Grain : — 



1. Length ........ 



2. Shape ........ 



3. Thickness ....... 



4. Uniformity (in size, shape, and thickness) 



5. Colour (trueness to type) .... 



6. Shade and uniformity of colour 



7. Colour of cob ....... 



8. Weight per bushel ...... 



9. Chemical composition ..... 

 Condition of Grain : — 



10. Dryness ........ 



11. Sweetness ....... 



12. Soundness (freedom from decay) 



13. Plumpness (grain should be well filled not shrivelled 



nor chaff}' ....... 



14. Cleanness and freedom from rubbish 



15. Brightness ....... 



Ears Accompanying Shelled Maize : — 



16. Length ........ 



17. Sulci (space between rows) .... 



18. Trueness to type ...... 



ig. Shape and straightness of rows 



20. Firmness of grain on the cob .... 



Not ES. 



Points. 



Possible. 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



5 

 5 

 5 



5 

 5 

 5 



5 

 5 

 5 

 5 

 5 



Award. 



Quality of Grain, — Quality refers to thickness, shape, size, 

 uniformity, and colour of grain, weight per unit measure, and 

 colour of chaff. 



Length of Grain A deep grain gives a larger percent- 

 age of grain to cob than a shallow one. 



