One may plant early and late corn in the same patch but otherwise he should stick to one kind of corn.

The boys in the fall were to submit twelve of the finest ears they had raised.  These were to be scored or sized up as follows: 

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| Name of contestant |  variety of   | dates of planting |
|                    |     corn      |                   |
| .................. | ..............| ................. |
|------------------------------------|-------------------|
| (1) Ear:                            |         |         |
|     A. Trueness to type            |   10    |         |
|     B. Shape                       |   10    |    20   |
|------------------------------------|---------|---------|
| (2) Filling of:                     |         |         |
|     A. Tip                         |   10    |         |
|     B. Butt                        |   10    |    20   |
|------------------------------------|---------|---------|
| (3) Kernels:                        |         |         |
|     A. Shape                       |    6    |         |
|     B. Arrangement of cob          |   12    |         |
|     C. Depth                       |    6    |         |
|     D. Colour                      |    6    |    30   |
|------------------------------------|---------|---------|
| (4) Measurements of ear:            |         |         |
|     A. Length                      |   10    |         |
|     B. Circumference               |   10    |    20   |
|------------------------------------|---------|---------|
| (5) Proportion of Corn to Cob:      |   10    |    10   |
|------------------------------------|---------|---------|
|                                      Total       100   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
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This score card needs a little explanation.  Take
up (1) Ear, first.  All the twelve ears presented
ought to be much alike; that is, like the type or
parent ear you are striving to produce again. 
So if, out of twelve specimens, six were fine ears
and the other six were rather poor, then surely ten
credits or points could not be given.  The shape
of an ear should in general be tapering, well rounded
a little below the centre, and tapering not too abruptly
toward the tip.
The second point is the Filling of the Tip and Butt. 
The tip should be filled with even, regularly arranged
kernels.  It should not be too pointed nor too
blunt.  The butts should be covered over with kernels
except where a deep, clean-cut depression is left. 
Here, as in the tips, the shape has to be considered,
for flattened and blunted butts are bad form.
As to Kernels, they should be uniform and well-shaped,
not only on the single cob, but in all the specimens. 
The furrows must be uniform, regular, and with only
a slight space between.  To determine depth cut
a square inch right out of an ear.  All kernels
should be of one colour.  If a red kernel is in
with the white then there has been an intermixing. 
All kernels on all ears ought to have the colour of
those of the type form.