. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. SELECTING A SAMPLE OF CORN FOR SHOW 415 who may be on-lookers or owners. They are present to learn, if not to criticise. Answer questions civilly, taking care to ofifend 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
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. SELECTING A SAMPLE OF CORN FOR SHOW 415 who may be on-lookers or owners. They are present to learn, if not to criticise. Answer questions civilly, taking care to ofifend 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 CORN TRAY. Very convenient for handling s<aniples of 10 ears either in the class room or for exhibi- tion purposes. Dimensions—28 inches long by 12 inches wide by 1V^ inches deep. Divis- ions 2 inches apart. Sides and bottom of i^ 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, diflfers 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 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
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