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Ans. Nothing, except that in the fall every year we have 

 turnips, and I think they are sort of a tonic. Theoretically, of 

 course, they are of but little value, but we found a material drop 

 in the amount of milk when we got through feeding them in 

 the fall. It is entirely possible that with tonics we could increase 

 the product, but we do not care to try it. 



QuES. I would like to ask how you salt your cattle. 



Ans. They are given a little salt every day, just how much it 

 would weigh I do not know. If they eat it readily the man is 

 likely to give them a little more. He judges somewhat by the 

 taste of the cow. 



QuES. How do you water them ? 



Ans. In our barns at home there is v/ater before the cattle 

 all the time. 



SCORE CARD AND COMPARISON JUDGING, IN 



SHOW RINGS. 



By G. M. GowKLL, Professor of Animal Industry, University of 



Maine. 



I am well aware of the difficulties I have to contend with in the 

 discussion of this subject. I do not presume to know all that 

 is to be known in connection with the score card, but if I can 

 say some things that shall right some of the misunderstandings 

 I shall be very much pleased. I expect criticism, I ask only for 

 fair criticism. 



When the first cattle shows were held in New England and in 

 Maine some 30, 40 or 50 years ago, you know what the system 

 of judging was. The first consideration was size. Prizes were 

 offered at our old fashioned cattle shows for the largest steers, 

 oxen and cows. Cows were judged then because of their size 

 and their fitness to become the mothers of beef steers, and it was 

 not the eye alone that enabled the judge to decide between them, 

 but it was the girting chain. We remember when every farmer 

 or breeder carried in his pocket a girting chain so that he might 

 take the measurement of the animals he came in contact with 

 and decide which were the better. That was taken as the stand- 



