The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
|O|NG IN TO Win
low ANY FARMER MAY MAKE A
GREAT SHOWING At GRAIN
SHOW.
|1HeR ITEMS OF INTEREST
rom the Capitol City, the Various
state Institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

BEGINNING with now, and extending
br some months. we will have with
in South Dakota the season of corn
nd grain shows. This succession OF
bows will include a large number OF
heal ones in the several sections OF
h. state, and perhaps most important
mn be the annual state show, to be
cid in Mitchell January 1918, 1918.
fhese various shows and the meet.
brs to be held Ia connection with
hrm will have, as heretofore, a re.
narkable educational influence upon
h. state not only by calling attention
u better methods of grain growing.
bu, also by bringing farmers togethe.
n free competition and by otherwise
encouraging the improvement of SO.
kial life among country people.
1t is we'll worth while for farmers,
koung and old, to send exhibits OF
eorr and other grains TO the various
Shows. These samples having been
Exhibited. and perhaps winning at 10.
rsl shows. may be further exhibited
The several state shows. The writ
b. well remembers how, something
les~ than n year ago, he met Master
XIaruest Sorenson ut the corn show
sCudlcted by County Superintendent
4Eathryn NJ. French, of Union county.
INIastrr SOrenson, a lad of thirteen
bears. exhibited the winning sample
Ia, the county show and was urged by
1.-The writer 10 send a sample TO the
Istatc show held last January at Mitch.
He'll No one could foresee at that time
Ithat Master Sorenson would wn ev-
cry prize in sight at Mitchell to which
his sample was eligible. including the
grand sweepstakes trophy cup, but
/ that is exactly what he did.
Thus II is illustrated that young
| and old all have a chance 10 win
| Moreover. IL IL is worth going TO the
/ show at all. II is worth going TO win
| one OF the reasons why Earnest Sor-
| Cnson won IT the state show last year
was because he studied the corn score
1 card and picked a sample 10 conform
10 the score card. IL may be urged
that the corn score card is arbitrary
in IFS requirements. but this is only
true To a limited extent. Each one Of
the scale OF points in the corn score
card is expected TO emphasize a char
actor. which must needs be found in
me best corn.
4 good way TO select prize winning
corn is TO first pick out from the to-
"a, amount OF corn available the larg
eSt possible number OF fine appearing
ears Select from this lot az nearly a
perfect ear as can be found. The
ear selected should also be of type
that Is usual in order TO secure the
widest possible range of choice. Take
this model ear in one hand and hold
y close to each OF the other ears in
The entire lot of corn for comparison
and select out all ears which the
comparison shows To be exactly sim
liar Obviously when one says. Eek
actlly similar" one means as much
alike rs may be, for no two ears are
found exactly alike in every respect.
After having thus selected out
group OF ears that are very similar To
each other, further elimination should
be made until the only ears remain
Ing are those having the greatest pos
sible uniformity and possessing the
highest possible quality. The usual
sample for show is ten ears. a per-
feet score is 100 points. A perfect ten
car sample OF corn has not yet been
reported.
Following Is the South Dakota
score card for corn:
law 'ss.. ''.'''' -
Number of Exhibit ...............''
Name OF Variety ..............'''''
Name of Student NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STANDARD OF VARIETY.
Proportion Shelled Corn to Ear.
''HEtH ......'''
circumference .................''
Per. Stu. Cor
feet dents rected
Points. Score Score Score
T.,ss I,..l.f