Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-09-19
selsction. Care or. and Shipment Of Cora
for the National Corn Exposition


Write Immediately TO Mr.. Curt M
Treat, 90i Great Northern Bldg, Chi
cago, Ill.,, for rs many entry cards as
you desire to make entries. If you de-
sire to make three entries send for
three cards. At the same time ask for
a premium list If for any reason you
neglect sending for the card or do not
get one, pack your corn as herein d.
rected. put letter in with it, or note
to Mr.. Fl. q. Warner. asking him TO
make the entry for you, and ship the
corn to him by express. Address it to
Fl. c. Warner, Coliseum Bldg, Chi
cago and prepay the express.
Your corn should be selected In the
field and hung up to dry Immediately.
Hang it in dry place where there is
plenty of circulation of air. II you
have crib with a root on 1T braid each
two ears tOgether with the husk and
hang 1t up In there. Do not hang it
out doors Ia the sun or il will bleach.
Be careful and do not allow any kerr
nels to be shelled from the ear. Corn
to compete in the classes open to the
world would be cut trihe in the score
for each kernel missing We will try
and avoid this in the South Dakota
competition, but 10 the competition for
special premiums we cannot do So
Ship your corn so it will be sure to
reach Chicago the morning of October
4th. Ship your corn in box made of
cleats so it will be open and the air will
be circulating through it.. On select
ing the ears TO send to Chicago please
avoid trying TO get the longest ears.
We give below the South Dakota score
card which will be used in scoring the
South Dakota corn. Follow ii just as
closely AS you can In selecting your
corn. Be careful about the color CT the
cob, the uniformity and color of the |
kernels, the straightness and closeness
of the rows together. When you come
to box the corn for shipment wrap each |
ear In paper or cotton and lay them in |
the boxes carefully. II they do not fill
the box put some cotton or something
in so they will not rattle around. We
are very anxious that South Dakota
should be we'll represented in this corn
exposition. A corn congress viii be
held Oct. 9, 10 and Ii to which all South
Dakota farmers are invited.
The South Dakota score card is as
follows:
UNIFORMITY 10 POINTS: Every ear
IA exhibit should DO like every other
ear.
SHAPE OF EAR 10 POINTS: Ears
should be cylindrical.
PURITY IN COLOR OF Cob POINTS:
White ears should have white and vel
ow corn red cob.
PURITY IN COLOR OF GRAIN 5 POINTS:
Grains should all be of the same color
TIPS 5 POINTS: Rows should run
straight nearly to tip and tip be we'll
covered
BUTTS POINTS: Shank should be
small with kernels we'll rounded about
it.
RIPENEss 10 POINTS: Ears should
be sound
LENGTH 10 POINTS: Varies with va
riety. For this locality dent corns
should run from to 10 inches long.
CIRCUMFERENCE 5 POINTS: Meas
ured at one-thlrd distance from butt
should be three -fOurths length
SHAPE OF KERNEL 10 POINTS: Ker-
nels should be wedge shaped with
straight edges and large germ.
UNIFORMITY OF KERNEL 10 POINTS:
The kernels should not only be alike in
the different ears, but every kernel on
the ear except a few on the butt and on
the egg-shaped tip should be as near
like every other kernel as possible.
PROPORTION OF CORN TO Cob 10
POINTS: Varies with varieties, but
100 pounds of good selected ears should
she'll about SO pounds OF corn. Estimat-
ed In this case.
SPACE 5 POINTS: Refers to the fur
rows between the rows of kernels, which
should be small