Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-17
Short Couse in Stock and Corn
Judging at Arnes a Great
Success
CLOSING EXERCISE HELD TODAY
Has Been Unusually Large
and Interest Has Been Enthusiastic
Formation of State Corn Growers
MISUNDERSTANDING About Meth
DDS and Results.
Snecial TO Times-Renublican.
DDS and Results,

judging school that has been held at the
here at noon today. During the two
weeks the school has been in session
over 500 students, most of whom are
young men from the farming districts,
have been in attendance. The session
closed with appropriate exercises, and
all of the students will leave for their
various homes tonight.
Nearly $40 students are registered in
the corn judging school. The major
ity, of course, are from Iowa, but there
are men here from Canada. Mexico, the
Shenandoah valley of Virginia, South
Dakota, Ohio. Michigan. Wisconsin,,
minnesota, Illinois and Missouri A
Virginia man, who has been raising
corn in the Shenandoah valley for years
says he never dreamed how much there
was he didn't know about corn until
he came here, and he declares his in
tention of going back to his own coun-
try and revolutionizing the corn grow
ing business. Among the many corn
raisers from outside of Iowa, is r. S.
farm near Trenton, Mo. Mr.. Hooper is
taking the course in corn judging and is
going into the subject with enthusiasm.
Professor II. NJ. Cottrell. formerly pro-
fessor of agriculture in the Kansas State
Agricultural College. ID manager of the
farm of which Mr.. Hooper Is the fore
man. Many of the students are here to
enable them to get a better knowledge
of how to select their seed corn, and one
striking case of this kind is that Of
Chicago lawyer, who owns several
farms in Kentucky. His purpose in
coming here is to enable himself to Sc
lect the proper varieties and tyres OF
corn to send down to his tenants on his
property in the blue grass state.
The school of corn judging here has
already resulted in the formation of a
State Corn Growers Association. This
association is formed from among hose
registered here for the corn judging
school, George S. Forest, of Clinton
county, is president. Membership is by
no means confined to a few men who
have made the scientific breeding OF
corn a speciality. All who are inter-
ested in the growing Of better corn are
eligible. A novel plan and one tina. 1t Is
l ii aabs9t will do glpsh ed out. The stasa
will be divided into nine districts. with
as near as may be eleven counties in
each 1t is proposed to organize clubs
in each district in order that the corn
growers in close proximity to each
other may work together to The best adj
vantage. Then. at the next annual
corn judging school, each club VIII COM
pete to exhibit the best corn. III. G,
Wallace of Des Moines, will offer q
suitable trophy and the club that brings
the best judges to the 1904 school, or the
best corn, on conditions to be fXed
later, will carry off the prize. The Win
ming club will hold the trophy one year
or until vaaquished by some other
club Further interest Will be given
next years meeting by the fact that
hedges have already been given by
corn growers here to distribute SEQ IN
cash premiums for the best corn ex-
hibited and if possible, the amount VIII
be swelled to $4,000. 1t is the intention
to have an exhibit that will be open to
all corn in iowa. corn raised in other
states not being eligible to the compe-
tition. 1t is confidently predicted by the
corn growers here that the club move
ment as outlined, and the uniting OF
efforts that will result, will arouse an
unprecedented interest in better seed
corn and improved methods ofScuitiva-
ton turnout the state.
In taking up the study OF corn, the
plan is to begin with the ear, then
to proceed to the study of samples OF
ten. ears each, and from this to go into
the consideration of the kernel Kernel
study is regarded as after all the Inn
portant thing, as in order to get good
seed corn one must understand the kerr
mel and the shape of the kernel deter
mines the feeding value of the corn.
In Judging sample of corn, that
ia an exhibit of ten ears, the following
score card and scale OF points are
used:
i. "Trueness TO Type or Breed Char
acteristics"-The ten ears of the sample
should possess similar or like char
acteristics and should be true to the
variety which they represent, ten
points.
Shape Of Ear''-The shape of the
ear should confirm to variety type,
tapering slightly from butt to tip, but
approaching the cylindrical, five
points.
3. Color" (a) Grain" (b) Cob"
Color of grain should be true to
variety and free from mixture. White
corn should have white cobs, yellow
corn red cobs, five points each.
A. Market Condition, The ears
should be sound, firm, we'll matured
and free from mold, rot or insect in
juries five points.
S. "Tips"-The tips of the ears
should not be too tapering and should
be we'll filled with regular, uniform
kernels. ten points.
6. "Butts,-The rows of kernels
should extend in regular order over the
butt leaving deep depression when
the shank is removed Open and
swelled butts are Objectionable, ten
points.
Z. kernels. (a)Uniformity.
(b) "of Shape of'-The kernels should
uniform in shape, size and color, and
true to the variety type. The kernels
should be SO shaped that their edges
touch from tip to crown, five points
each.
s. Length of Ear"-The ear should
be from to 10 inches in length, ten
points.
9. circumference of Ear'-The ear
should e from z to rs inches in cir
cumference, five points.
10. Space, (N Furrow between
Rows. (b) Space Between Kernels at
Cob"-The furrow between the rows