Excerpt from Lessons on Corn for Rural Elementary Schools Which has proved most profitable? Which produces the larger annual crop, corn or wheat? Exercises. - Have six or more pupils bring 10 ears of the best corn they can find at home. It would be better if all could bring the same kind of corn. Before the pupils attempt to select the most desirable ears for seed have them read the references. Then have the pupils select 20 or 30 of the best-looking ears for use in the lesson on judging corn. References. - Farmers' Bulletin 229, pp. 8, 9; 253, pp. 6, 7; 415, pp. 4, 5; 537, pp. 18, 19; 553; 554. Lesson II. Subject. - Judging corn. Topics for study. - Object of corn judging. Value of "corn score card." Preparation of local corn exhibit. Learn how to judge of the maturity, vitality, and distinctness of type of corn. Exercises. - Provide each pupil with 10 ears of corn and let him practice scoring, using the score card given. Each pupil should score a half dozen or more 10-ear samples before this exercise is passed by. Number all of the ears from 1 to 20 or 1 to 30, as the case may be, by tying to each a small numbered tag or sticking a numbered peg into the butt of each cob. Have each pupil provide himself with a score card ruled as shown below, providing one column for each ear of corn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.