56 INDIAN CORN CULTURE. 



rows conipact, with no wasted spaces between, 

 and kernels deeper than broad. Early maturity 

 of a variety is also quite essential in the North- 

 ern States. 



Judging corn: A scale of points.— If corn 

 exhibited at fairs or expositions could be judged 

 on the basis of a scale of points, it would no 

 doubt oftentimes result in greater justice in 

 decisions of judges. This of course applies to 

 a consideration of the individual ear only and 

 not to the plant, its adaptability, productive- 

 ness, etc. It has no more value than a scale of 

 points in judging butter, where the breed of 

 cow and her profitable character are not con- 

 sidered. 



Yet a score card may be of service. In 1886, 

 in the great corn exhibit at the Exposition at 

 Chicago, the five expert judges worked some 

 days in preparing a scale of points to guide 

 them in their decisions. Mr. Orange Judd, who 

 took great interest in the Indian corn plant, on 

 the basis of much study of this question pub- 

 lished the following scale of points for tempo- 

 rary use at the Illinois State fair at Peoria in 

 1891.* It is here reproduced in the belief that 

 it may be helpful to others in preparing a score - 

 card to be used for a similar purpose: 



* Orange Judd Farmer, Oct. 10, 1891, and Nov. 25, 1893. 



