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5. A field drained at a cost of $150 gives an increased yield of 4 tons of hay, valued 
at $16 .50 a ton, the first year. How many years at this rate will be needed to pay back 
the investment, paying 6 per cent interest at the same time? 
XIV. SCORE CARDS TO ASSIST TEACHERS. 
Many of the State colleges of agriculture through their extension service furnish to 
teachers a limited supply of score cards. In such cases the teachers should procure 
the blanks adapted to their States. The following scores were selected from those 
used in the Northern and Western States, and so far as possible the most common type 
was chosen. In case of diversity the card chosen was the most teachable form found. 
The teachers should use these more for standards of excellence in club work, but a 
limited number of judging exercises may be held on the crops or animals of local 
importance. 
SCORE CARD FOR POTATOES. 
Variety name 
Exhibit No. 
Points. 
Perfect. Scorer 
Corrected. 
Uniformity of exhibit 
Traeness to type 
Shape of tuber. • 
Size of tuber, 4 to 8 ounces 
Eyes, as affecting paring 
Skin: Color, thickness, toughness. 
Texture of tuber 
Soundness 
Freedom from blemishes 
Total. 
Remarks 
Name of scorer. 
Date 
SCORE CARD FOR CORN. 
Variety Exhibit No. 
Maturity and seed condition 
To be of value for grain, corn must mature and produce good, hard seed. 
Uniformity 
Ears should be alike in shape, size, color, indentation, and size of kernel. 
Kernels 
Flat side , slightly wedge-shaped with large, smooth germ. Edge, with 
parallel sides and of medium thickness. Not chaffy. 
Weight of ear 
Dent varieties, as usually planted, produce only one ear per stalk, 
hence yield per acre depends largely upon weight of shelled corn per 
ear. 
Length and proportion 
Varies withlocality and variety. Experiments show that a continued 
selection of short, thick ears reduces the yield. 
Butts. 
The base of the ear should be covered with even-sized kernels in 
straight rows which are a continuation of those at the center of the 
ear. The shank should be large enough to support the ear and no 
larger. 
Tips. 
Should be covered with kernels of the same depth as and in rows which 
are a continuation of those at the center of the ear. 
Space between rows 
Should be very slight and in straight lines. 
Color , 
The color of both grain and cobs should be uniform, showing trueness to 
type or strain. 
Total 
Perfect. Scorer's. Corrected 
Remarks 
Name of scorer. 
Date 
