Judging Cattle in the Show-Eing. 1Y 



The exhibitors make possible your exhibitions, and they are 

 entitled to all the evidence in every case where an expert sits in 

 judgment. The responsibility is upon fair managers to provide 

 not only reliable experts, but some system by which the awards 

 may not only be placed in justice, but all the educational benefits 

 possible secured to every exhibitor. 



In the breeding of to-day utility swings to the front as the 

 chief standard of merit. For this to be secured and perpetuated 

 the importance of careful, painstaking, systematic breeding must 

 be everywhere insisted upon. The standards of growth and pro- 

 duction must be raised next year, and prepotency in transmitting 

 desirable qualities inhere in all our blooded stock in larger degree 

 than ever. For this to be recognized and made positive to the 

 breeder every score card should carry the reasons of the judge for 

 his cut on any part, and so full a description of each section that 

 perfection will be placed above the line of present attainments. 

 The man who can find nothing to change in an animal or product, 

 and so gives perfection on parts, is not an idealist, has no high 

 conception of perfection, and while for the time he may please 

 the vanity of the breeder, his influence is sure to dwarf judgment 

 and lower the standard of excellence. With the fact before us 

 that the sharp competition of the future will necessitate larger 

 output and finer quality in order to secure desired revenue, the 

 obligation falls clearly and sharply upon the breeder to enter into 

 closer sympathy and clearer comprehension of the intelligent 

 machine spending itself for his blessing. 



There's a wonderful degree of satisfaction and assistance to be 

 obtained from a close study of cow and horse, hog and hen 

 physiognomy as well as anatomy. Nothing will so rapidly bring 

 a man into close sympathy and fellowship as when he is seeking 

 to come into, and unto^ an appreciation of the traits and trends, 

 the thoughts and aspirations, and, more than this, hindrances 

 which make up the forces at work in the animal constitution. 

 We talk about being helped or hindered by our environments, 

 but, do we stop to consider the environments of the dairy cow 



