100 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 
discarded, the remaining ears should be placed side by side 
and at least two kernels removed from the middle of each 
and placed above the ear for comparison. From now on 
we can more easily study the different points by using the 
corn score card. 
THE CorN Score Carp 
The score card is necessarily arbitrary and inflexible, and 
should not be followed too closely in the final judging and 
DEPTH OF KERNELS 
In ears No. 1 and 2 the kernels are too shallow and the percentage of cob to 
ear is too great. Ears Nos. 3 and 4 show deep wedge-shaped kernels 
and will shell out a high percentage of corn 
comparison of samples. Nevertheless, it is the best aid the 
beginner has for determining the relative values and differ- 
ent points of merit in different samples. The corn growers’ 
associations in the different states have all adopted some 
form of score card to be used in the work of corn judging 
at their annual short courses held at the state agricultural 
colleges. 
