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Title: Manual of corn judging
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Shamel, A. D. (Archibald Dixon)
Subjects: Corn
Publisher: New York, Orange Judd company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Mann Library, Cornell

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ess-fully. On the judging table it is absolutely necessary to keepthis fact in mind, viz: that the judge is not only to com.pare one sample with another, but each with the standardseparately and independently, in order that its individualproper ranking may be determined. It is a good planto keep the scores of all of the different samples in anyone exhibit, laid out side by side, so that at any time acomparison of scores may be easily made. It is advisablein scoring any point in a sample to have the samplespreviously judged so arranged that by a glance the mark-ing given to that point in the samples already judgedcan be seen and taken into consideration in determiningthe score of the sample in hand on that point. The score cards and standards of perfection are usefulas guides to the careful study of the characteristicsof a sample of corn, consequently to the sample as awhole. However, if the score cards are used in anabsolute mathematical sense, certain points which cannot 14 MANUAL OF
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o Q ow El, o jao as Q Q^ H 02 WH « O Si faqq w CORN JUDGING 15 be taken into account in the preparation of a score cardinterfere with the results and frequently cause a wrongdecision, e. g*, with the uniformity of exhibit. In otherwords, there are no absolute rules which can be laiddown by which samples of corn can be properly judged.The judgment of the person who is comparing the sam-ples must enter into the score, and his experience guidehim in marking each point in the score card. In exhibits of corn ten ears usually constitute asample. This number makes it possible to get a fairidea of the general uniformity of the race, and at thesame time it offers a convenient number for the neces-sary calculations in the scoring of the samples. How-ever, the number of ears is a matter which must bedecided by the judges, and will necessarily vary undercertain conditions. Other things being equal, a largenumber of ears is better than a small number. Of courseexceptions must be made for exhibits

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