Productive farming . Fio. 67 -Corn kernels of different shapes. Niicultural Educatii er .3 is one of the best. (Agri- Rules for Selecting or Judging Corn.—Seed corn shouldalways be purchased on the cob if possible. Then we cantell whether the ears are of the type we want, or not. Toooften the shelled corn we get comes from ears we would nottry to grow if we saw them. The following explanation of points should be used inselecting corn for seed, and also in judging corn at exhibits. CORN 133 The corn exhibits may be held at school each winter andthe score card used by the students and the judges
Productive farming . Fio. 67 -Corn kernels of different shapes. Niicultural Educatii er .3 is one of the best. (Agri- Rules for Selecting or Judging Corn.—Seed corn shouldalways be purchased on the cob if possible. Then we cantell whether the ears are of the type we want, or not. Toooften the shelled corn we get comes from ears we would nottry to grow if we saw them. The following explanation of points should be used inselecting corn for seed, and also in judging corn at exhibits. CORN 133 The corn exhibits may be held at school each winter andthe score card used by the students and the judges. Tenears of corn will constitute a sample. 1. Trueness to Type or Breed Characteristics.—All theears selected should possess similar or like characteristics,and should be true to the variety which they represent(Fig. 68). Two representative kernels should be taken fromeach ear and placed germ side up in front of the ear andstudied in connection with tj-pe in the Fig. 6S.— A. Exliibit of BoysExperiment Club in Nebraska. (Agricultural B. Prize-Winning com and the boy who grew it. (O. B. M.) 2. Shape of Ear.—In shape the ears should conform tovarietj type. Each ear should be full and strong in the cen-tral portion and not taper too rapidly toward the tip. Thisis indicative of strong constitution and good yield (Fig. 69). 3. Purity of Ear; (a) Grain.—In color the kernels shouldbe true to variety and free from mixture. Difference inshade of color, as light or dark red, white or cream color,must be scored according to variety characteristics, (b) Cob.—An ear of white corn should have a white cob; j-ellow cornshould have a red cob; if mixed mark it zero. A mixturereduces the value of the corn for seed purposes, indicates 134 PRODUCTIVE FARMING lack of purity, and tends toward a too wide variation in timeof maturity, size, and shape of kernels (Fig. 70). 4. Vitalily or Seed Condition.—Corn should be in goodmarket condition; sho
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