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POMONA GRANGE.
Big Meeting and Exhibit Planned
Gov. GoldsbOrough and Comp
troller Harrington Will
Be Present.

The Dorchester Pomona Grange
will hold it's next regular meeting
at the Armory, in Cambridge, at
$50 am, Thursday, Nov.14. There
will be expert men, sent by the
Maryland Agricultural College, pres
ent to judge the corn, and the
prizes will be awarded at the after
noon meeting. ALI members are
requested to be present early, so
the corn can be properly labeled
and placed on exhibition. There
will be an open meeting in the aft
ernoon. Gov. Goldsborough has
been invited, and Comptroller Har-
rington will be present and address
the meeting. The public is cordially
invited, and no one should miss the
opportunity of hearing our distin-
guished townsmen, and seeing this
fine exhibit.
In addition to the handsome sill
yer cups given by the Grange and
the $40 in gold by the Democrat &
News, as prizes for members OF the
Grange, the business men of Cam
bridge, through the committee ap-
pointed by the Board of Trade, will
give prizes:
For the best 10 ears white corn.
Second 10 ears white corn.
Third 10 ears white corn.
Best 10 ears yellow corn.
Second 10 ears yellow corn.
Third 10 ears yellow corn.
$3.50 in gold for the best half
bushe1 white potatoes.
$3.50 in gold for the best half
bushel yellow sweet potatoes.
$1.00 for best 5 apples, any va
riety.
$1.00 for best pumpkin.
$1OO for best cow beets.
$1O0 for best heads cabbage.
$1OO for best 5 stalks celery.
$1.O0 for best half bushel onions.
AS the Grange cups and prizes
can only be competed for by mem
bers of the Grange, the committee
has decided that the corn prizes,
given by the business men of Cam
bridge, be awarded to persons not
members of the Grange. All the.
rest of the prizes to be competed
for by either Changers or non
Changers. The judging of the corn
will be under the rules of the Mary
land Crop Improvement Association.
The following score card will aid
in making the selections:
Uniformity of exhibit, 10.
Shape of ear; 10.
Length of ear, 10.
Circumference, 5.
Maturity and market condition, 1 5.
Purity of kernel, 5.
Purity of cob, 5.
Kernel(a) shape (b) uniformity,
10.
burrows between rows, 5.
Germ and space between kernels,
10.
Butts and tips, 5.
! Size of cob, 10.
In selecting ten ears for exhibi-
ton, the first thing to remember
is thatethe sample will be judged as
whole, and not in part, on the
merits of a few exceptional ears.
Two or three unusually fine ears
cannot make UP for the deficiency
of the rest of the sample. They
will bring out more prominently the
poor qualities of the other ears,
and therefore, detract from rather
than add to the appearance of the
sample.
A competitive exhibit of this
sort will not only encourage our
farmers to grow better corn and
more of it on less acres, but it will
also teach us the kind of corn to
save for seed, which is the funda-
mental basis of all crop improve
ment, and the joint committee
hopes that the farmers throughout
the county will avail themselves of
the opportunity presented by the
Grange to exhibit their corn and
other products and profit by its
lessons. S. l.. Byrn,
Master Dorchester Pomona Grange.