Judging Cattle in the Show-Ring. 



By Dr. G. M. Twitciiell, Augusta, Me., at meeting of New York State 

 Breeders' Association, held in Rochester, N, Y., Dec, 6, 1899. 



Success in this world is possible only through our ideals. In 

 proportion as the picture in the mind is clear before the artist, 

 manufacturer or builder is it possible for energy and intelligence 

 to be correctly and satisfactorily applied. Out of great concep- 

 tions alone come great results. Every step in the world's prog- 

 ress has been the outcome of large ideals in the minds of leaders. 

 Sometimes men have stumbled on great truths, but these have 

 been retained only as the conception of their worth and magni- 

 tude has fixed itself in the minds of intelligent leaders. 



One of the most difficult things for a man to do is to break 

 company with an old practice and establish himself in new lines 

 of work. The tension of years holds firmly and when the thought 

 of change comes and habits are broken, the danger is of drifting, 

 and this is likely to carry to the opposite extreme. Men, espe- 

 cially those who live largely by themselves, get most firmly 

 grounded in their practices and find it very difficult to see the 

 merit of what is clear and open to others. Go back to the first 

 report of this association and note to what a degree the leaders 

 of that day outlined what we are to-day urging, how from that 

 time to the present the one thought of progress, along the lines 

 of present demands, has been the objective point towards which 

 they have sought to urge the people. Ever the truth has been 

 the same, though year by year there has come better and still 

 better appreciation of what that truth was, and how it could 

 best be applied to the needs of humanity. The old time con- 

 ception was sufficient unto its day and generation; the newer is 

 demanded to-day in every field of activity. It is truth just the 



