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by check row system three or four kernels to a hill. Stay by
planter until it will drop four kernels eighty out of a possible
one hundred t:mes.
Shelled corn should not be purchased for seed. Every corn
grower should insist on having seed corn shipped in the ear sa
that he can test the same before planting and discard it if of
no value. There is no good reason why any honest seed corn
dealer should refuse to sell corn in the ear.
Bear in mind that in order to lock the vitalitv of seed corn
in the kernel until time of planting the corn should be fire
dried and then stored in a safe place.
As an aid to members of the Experiment Association, who
will not have an opportun'ty to take up the systematic judging
of corn, I will herewith give the score card used by the stu-
dents in the college together with explanations and suggestions
to emphasize corn improvement in Wisconsin.
W13CONSIN OFFICIAL CORN SCORE CARD.
1 Trueness to Type or Breed charac-
teristics .10
2 Shape of ear .10
3 Color: *. ( ain .
b. Cob        .           5
4 Market condition .1
ITip .
6 Butts .              .
7 Kercels: n. uniformity o .    la
b. Shape of .
8 Lenagthof ear ..
9 cileumterencoofear .............
10 Sp3ce: a. Furrow be ween rows
b Space batween kernels at
cob .
11 Percentage of corn .1
Tot I .10
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