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who may be on-lookers or owners. They are present to learn, if not to 

 criticise. Answer questions civilly, taking care to offend no one, yet 

 placing the awards by your own judgment. Be sure you have a good 

 reason for placing every sample before you call the secretary or entry 

 clerk to record the winnings. If you have no such reasons, then you 

 have placed the samples not by good judgment, but by guess. When 

 the ribbons are brought, tie them yourself, reading the entry number 

 for the clerk as you do so. In a large show this is often impossible, 

 but many times trouble arises from someone tying ribbons on the 

 wrong samples. 



CORN TRAY. 



Very convenient for handling samples of 10 ears either in the class room or for exhibi- 

 tion purposes Dimensions — 28 inches long by 12 inches wide by 1 '72 inches deep. Divis- 

 ions 2 inches apart. Sides and bottom of Va inch material. Groove in front % of an 

 inch wide. 



SELECTING A SAMPLE OF CORN FOR SHOW. There are 

 a great many different points to be taken into consideration in selecting 

 a sample of corn for show purposes. An ear of general utility should 

 always be uppermost in mind. We often find at corn shows a sample 

 of corn in which each ear, while it may be very serviceable, differs so 

 much from the other ears in the sample that it is impossible for the 

 sample to rank high in the competition. When choosing a sample oi 

 corn, as in choosing animals for breeding purposes, it is necessary that 

 there be a definite type in mind and that each ear of the sample con- 

 form as nearly as possible to that type. The type will vary according 

 to the variety of corn which is being grown and this type should be 

 firmly fixed in the mind of the one who intends to show. 



