CORN GROWING 209 



Selection of Seed. — Skill should be attained by nmeh 

 practice in seed selection (Fig. 118). Take about ten ears of 

 corn; place them side by side on a table, remove two kernels 

 from near the center of each ear and place them opposite 

 (Fig. 119). Use a good score card or bulletin which describes 

 the points to be considered in good seed corn. These points 

 are briefly given in this chapter. Judge the corn and test 

 each ear with the best in the lot. If each student in a class 

 has five or ten ears, let them be first judged and then exchanged 

 for the sake of comparison. After such work has been carried 

 on, students may be asked to bring corn from home, or select 

 it from a pile or crib of corn for the purpose of gaining speed 

 in selecting the best. 



Score Card for Gorm Judging 



Perfect score 



1. Trueness to Type or Breed Characteristics 10 



2. Shape of Ear 10 



3. Purity of Ear. (a) Grain .• .5 



(6) Cob a 



4. Vitality or Seed Condition 15 



5. Tips 5 



6. Butts 5 



7. Kernels, (a) Uniformity 5 



( b ) Shape 10 



8. Length of Ear 5 



9. Circumference of Ear 5 



10. {a) Furrows Between Rows 5 



(6) Space Between Tips of Kernels at Cob 5 



1 1. Proportion of Corn to Cob '. 10 



Total Points 100 



Explanation of Points. — 1. The ears in a sample should 

 be alike, or nearly so. They should agree with the type of 

 corn which the lot represents. Type is somewhat determined 

 by the number of rows on the cob, width and shape of crowns 

 of- kernels, shade or color and shape of kernels, as seen when 

 removed from the cob. 



2. The ears should be nearly cylindrical in shape, tapering 

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