The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-14
COUNTY AGENT
NOTES

A number of Community Fairs will
be held Throughout the county, and the
following might be of help in. select
ing exhibits:
GENERAL POINTS CONSIDERED
Because vegetables are grown to
eat, table quality is the general basis
upon which table vegetables are
judged. Sizes and qualities desired
by the housewife for the home, table
are sizes and qualities that the judg-
es will consider best. Bruised, blem-
ished, coarse, rough, forked, over
grown specimens should not be enter
ed for exhibit. Root crops, with the
exception of potatoes, should be wash
ed carefully, avoiding skin damage,
with the tops trimmed off neatly,
leaving half an inch of top, to prevent
excessive bleeding" of the vegetable.
1t generally is not considered desir-
able to have potatoes washed, but sur
plus dirt is brushed or wiped off care
fully with soft cloth care being
taken not to damage the skin or to
remove the natural surface color of
the potato. If washed at. all they
should first be soaked for few mln-
u.s. anu l44Ch sSCllLLy -luONGu GlUOuL III
lukeWarm water until the surface dirt
dissolves and falls off; then dried by
placing between soft cloths or by al
lowing the tubors to dry in the air
without rubbing.
Besides the points already mention
ed it is important that all the sLec-
linens in ain exhibit be uniform in size
shape and color, as we'll as true to
variety and type
CORN SCORE CARE
l. termination and soundness, 40
per cent; condition of germ, Is per
cent; Maturity of sample, 10 per cent:
Freedom from injury, 5 per cent; con-
dition of hull, 5 per cent; luster and
color, 5 per cent.
2. Adoption, 80 per cent; maturity.
10 per cent; size of ear, 10 per cent:
Filling of ear, per cent; depth of
kernel, 5 per cent.
3. Evidence of breeding, 20 per
cent; uniformity of sample, 10 Der
cent; trueness to type, 10 per cent.
4; Minor points, 10 per cent; shape
OF Kernel, per cent regularity of
kernel, per cent; shape of ear, 2 per
cent; butts and tipe, 2 per cent; shank
scar, 2 per cent.
Total, 100 per cent.
EAR CORN EXHIBITS
Field selected seed corn NAV not he
always prize winning show corn, but
good ears always must be seed corn
Oh the highest quality. Ten ears of
seed corn selected at random probably
never would be placed high in a corn
show, because judges paw a great
amount of attention to the uniformity
of a sample.
10 select II ears of corn for a corn
snow II therefore is best to start with
Ine ears selected for next years seed.
rom the rack or seed string pick out
0Ie hundred ears of the type desired.
ms type" will vary in the different
secGlons Qt the state and will vary
with the variety as well. Before trv-
ing 20 select the corn for the show
CaOle u is absolutely necessary that
there be liked type in mind. Law
these ears out on a long table and
then discard all ears which do not
measure up closely to the standard or
perfect type. Fifty or more ears NAV
be thrown out in this second selection.
from the remaining ears, all of them
OF the characteristic type desired. &C.
lect ten ears which are of uniform
size, shape, length, circumference,
plumber OF rows, size of cob and, in |
Iact' so uniform in every respect that
one ear cannot be distinguished easily |
from another.
In the selection of show ears MANY
fancy points which are of negligible |
VaIue Tor good seed ears must be con-
Judges pay attention to well |
niled butts and tips, to the straight |
ness OF rows, and the shelling per cent
and other similar features.