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now required to be observed. There is this disadvantage, 

 however, in allowing maiden goatlings and those that are 

 in kid to be exhibited together, that the latter, by reason 

 of their extra rotundity and the expansion of the ribs due 

 to pregnancy, present a better appearance to the judge, 

 although as a matter of fact they may not be really 

 superior to the others. 



When the amount of money at the disposal of a com- 

 mittee admits of it, prizes should be offered in a separate 

 class for the goats yielding the largest quantity of milk, 

 the class being headed " Milking Class " to distinguish 

 it from the inspection classes. As here productiveness is 

 the. one point to consider, it gives a chance to exhibitors 

 who have animals with no pretensions to size, quality, 

 breed, or other attributes pleasing to the eye, but which 

 simply fill the pail. In such cases, however, the goats 

 have to be all milked out dry in the presence of a steward 

 or other show official the evening before the show opens 

 generally at 7 p.m. This is a practical matter, the awards 

 being based upon actual facts and not on the opinion or 

 fancy of a judge. 



To attract entries there should be, if possible, three 

 prizes offered in each class, and these not of less value than 

 i i os., i, and los. respectively. Even then the cost 

 of carriage to a show is so considerable when exhibits 

 are sent any distance that the winning of a prize seldom 

 covers the expense. The entry fee when such prizes are 

 offered is generally 55. 



"Benching, &c. 



Goats never look so attractive at shows as when 

 exhibited on raised benches in the same way as dogs. 

 This, of course, comes rather expensive, and when the 

 show is an open-air one in a field, the goats are generally 

 placed on the ground and divided by hurdles. If benches, 



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