. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. EARS SHOULD BE UNIFORM 417. 99 00 m f^Q r)Pi (Sf) on f5n m SAMPLE SHOWLMG FAIR UNIFORMITY IN LENGTH OF EARS BUT THE KERNELS ARE OF DIFFERENT TYPES. Very frequently at corn shows the following question will be asked by exhibitors: "Has a person a right to take kernels out of an ear to examine them before showing?" He most certainly has! It is impossible for him to be sure regarding the depth of the kernel with- out mak
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. EARS SHOULD BE UNIFORM 417. 99 00 m f^Q r)Pi (Sf) on f5n m SAMPLE SHOWLMG FAIR UNIFORMITY IN LENGTH OF EARS BUT THE KERNELS ARE OF DIFFERENT TYPES. Very frequently at corn shows the following question will be asked by exhibitors: "Has a person a right to take kernels out of an ear to examine them before showing?" He most certainly has! It is impossible for him to be sure regarding the depth of the kernel with- out making an examination. The best way is to take a couple of ker- nels out, examine them for shape and depth and place them back in the ear, turning one of them about. In this way, they will very gen- erally retain their places. There is a very common opinion prevalent that if a couple of kernels are taken out of the ears, the judge is very liable to consider that these kernels had been "white caps," and there- fore the ear will be discriminated against. An exhibitor can no more exhibit a ten-ear sample of corn intelligently without taking a couple of kernels out of each ear to examine them to see that the sample con- forms in uniformity of kernels as well as uniformity of ear, than the judge can properly judge a sample of corn without also examining the kernels in each ear exhibited. The depth of kernel, plumpness of tip, and size are important factors. An immature ear is not entitled to a place. Maturity cannot be profitably sacrificed to size of ear, though a nubbin is never desirable from the show standpoint. The practical ear (and that is the ear for which we should strive), is the largest possible ear that will mature. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881-.
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