The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1913-01-10
DING IN TO WIN
wv ANY FARMER MAY MAKE A
GREAT SHOWING At GRAIN
SHOW.
FHeR ITEMS OF INTEREST
BIN the Capitol City, the Various
state institutions and From
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

the Sunshine State.
MACHINING with now, and extending
some months, we will have with
In South Dakota the season of corn
N grain shows. This succession OF
ows will include a large number OF
ral ones in the several sections of
state, and perhaps most important
IN be the annual state show, to be
ld in Mitchell January 1918, 1918.
hese various shows and the meet.
rs TO be held In connection with
lem will have. as heretofore, a re.
karkable educational influence upon
state not only by calling attention
better methods of grain growing,
n, also by bringing farmers togethe.
free competition and by otherwise
hcouraging the improvement of so.
al life among country people.
| II is well worth while for farmers.
.pung and old, to send exhibits or
prn and other grains To the various
hhows. These samples. having been
Inhibited. and perhaps winning at 10.
h shows. may be further exhibited
q the several state shows. The writ
! we'll remembers how, something
than Il year ago. he met Master
Earnest Sorenson ut the corn show
koudlcted by County Superintendent
Kathryn NJ. French. of Union county
Master SOrcnson, a lad of thirteen
Pears. exhibited the winning sample
n the county show and was urged by
H. writer TO send sample TO the
state show held last January at Mitch.
ell. No one could foresee at that time
hat Master Sorenson would wIn ev-
ery prize in sight at Mitchell to which
bis 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 TO win
Moreover. If IL is worth going TO the
show at all. II is worth going to win
One OF the reasons why Earnest Sor-
tnson won ut the state show last year
was because he studied the corn score
card and picked sample TO conform
TO the score card. II may be urged
that the corn score card is arbitrary
in It's 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
ncrcr. which must needs be found in
Inc best corn.
4 good way 10 select prize winning
rom is 10 first pick out from the TO-.
Ia. amount of corn available the larg-
PSI possible number OF fine appearing
ears Select from this lot as nearly n
perfect ear as can be found. The
EAR selected should also be of type
nat is usual in order To secure the
widest possible range of choice. Take
this model ear in one hand and hold
u close to each OF the other ears IN
he entire lot OF corn for comparison
md select out all ears which the
shows 10 be exactly sim
lar Obviously when one says. "eN'
lctlly similar" one means as much
alike IS may be. for no two ears are
.ound exactly alike in every respect,
After having thus selected out a
group of ears that are very similar to
zach other. further elimination should
be made until the only ears remain
ng are those having the greatest pos
'ible uniformity and possessing the
highest possible quality. The usual
sample for show Is ten ears. a per-
.cct score is 100 points. A perfect ten
FAR sample OF corn has not yet been
reported.
Following is the South Dakota
score card for corn:
'd'V ................ .'.''''.'
Number of Exhibit ...............''
Name OF Variety NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Ndme Of Student NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STANDARD OF VARIETY.
Proportion Shelled Corn to Ear.
-ehGtn ................. .....'''''
lrcumference ..................
Per. Stu. Cor
feet dents rected
Points. Score Score Score
i Uniformity OF Exhib-
IL ................ ~ -
Shape Of Ear. ...... 10 -
) Color OF Grain and
Cob 10 ..
= Tips OF Ears. ...... -
B Butts OF Ears. ...... s :.
D Length Of Ears. ..... -
Z Circumference OF 8 :. -
Ears ............. -
y Kernel :. =. -
(a) Shane B -. -.